Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:28:35 -0500 (CDT)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@cns.uni.edu>
     To: 810-088-11-fall@uni.edu
Subject: [810-088-11-FALL] Making a Simple Hand - StudioIT 2 Friday class...

Hi 088 Maya students,

     Read pages 109 to 127 to review what we did in class today.

     Planning Your Model

     Polygon Basics

     Poly Editing Tools
            Especially the Wedge Face Tool and
                       the Poke Face Tool and
                       the Poly Extrusion Tools

     Putting the Tools to Use: Making a Simple Hand
            Extrude 3 times for each finger.

            Wedge Face to create the thumb base - 65 degrees, 5 sections.
            Extrude 2 times to create the thumb.

            Split Polygon tool to create the extra faces for the knuckles.
            Poke Face to create each of the knuckles.

            Smooth operation to smooth out the hand
                     and round all of the corners and sharp knuckles.


     H O C

     Selecting Edges and Selecting Faces.

     Polygon Cube that was 4 divisions wide, 1 division tall,
                       and 3 divisions deep was the palm of the
                             hand that we began with.


     See the following for more details on:

              HOC  (1st 3 letters of HOCKEY are HOC).

     H = Select by Hierarchy and Combinations
     O - Object selection mode
     C = Select components (faces or edges or vertices or control vertices).

     http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/dw/IMaps/imageMap.html

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     IGNORE THE MATERIAL ABOUT DREAMWEAVER, PhotoShop and Image Maps.
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     Click on the different icons (H or O or C) to read more about that
     type of Maya selection mode.

     H
     http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/dw/IMaps/selectByHierarchy.html

     O
     http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/dw/IMaps/selectByObjectType.html

     C
     http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/dw/IMaps/selectByComponentType.html

     H = Select by Hierarchy and Combinations
     O - Object selection mode
     C = Select components (faces or edges or vertices or control vertices).

     The following web page on H O C has image map with 3 hotspots that
     you can use to link to all of the above listed web pages.

     http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/dw/IMaps/imageMap.html

     Have a great holiday weekend!

     http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/m/

     Mark