Monday, January 31, 2011

5 Sentences Paragraph


My experience with this project was that, if you needed to get a shape in place in needs to be exact place. Also, how to get to know much better with the program. Including, that still need to learn alot from this program because this was a project of creativity. Last experience is the color effects is cool when you add with your building.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

How to create a patio?

Instructions:

1). In your main menu bar..go to create and click on create
2). Next step, is to click NURBS Primitives and click on Square
3). Like there was no rectangle shape..you need to form the square to a rectangle
4). By that you need to put this in you channel box:
  • Translate Y: 4.338
  • Translate Z: 4.348
  • Rotate X-Z: 0
  • Scale X-Y: 1
5). You need to copy and paste the columns (you need 4 columns)
6). This rectangles are for the columns of the patio
7). To create the platform you need to do the same steps 2 and 3
8). Next is to create a flat type of rectangle...with this channel box:
  • Translate Y: 0.645
  • Translate X: 0.474
  • Translate Z: 3.657
  • Rotate Y-Z: 0
  • Scale Y-Z: 1
9). Copy and Paste rectangle ti'll you get a square platform
10). When your done creating the columns and the platform...now is time for the roof
11). Go to the Main Menu Bar
12). Click on Create
13). Go to Polygon Primitives and select Pyramid
14). The Pyramid will pop up...in your channel box add this numbers:
  • Translate X: 0.683
  • Translate Y: 10.866
  • Translate Z: 0.464
  • Rotate Y: 45.023
  • Scale X-Z: 0.618
15). Then when your done..check all views if everything its all good...if it is then your done!

* When doing this project you always need to be checking all the views..but especially your home view..to see if it looks right or wrong

What are you creating & what elements are you using?

I'm creating a patio. The elements I'm going to use is by shapes are square, rectangle, and triangle. Also, use some color and add a special color. Including, some lines for the roof and create a door by curves and little squares. This is what I'm going to create and use this elements to created.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Questions

Template Display

1. WHEN DO YOU USE TEMPLATE DISPLAY?

when you need to work on something specifically and you don't want the others objects in your way

2. WHAT DOES TEMPLATING THE DISPLAY ALLOW YOU TO DO?

select and focus on specific objects while the rest turn a grey color


3. HOW DOES THE OBJECT CHANGE WHEN YOU TEMPLATE THE DISPLAY?

the wire frame becomes gray and not easily selected

4. HOW DOES THE TEMPLATE DISPLAY HELP YOU?

It helps prevent changing the wrong object

5. HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE DISPLAY OF OBJECTS TO TEMPLATE MODE?

YOU SELECT ALL THE OBJECTS YOU WANT TO TEMPLATE AND GO TO DISPLAY> OBJECT DISPLAY> TEMPLATE

6. HOW DO YOU UNTEMPLATE A TEMPLATED OBJECT?

CHANGE YOUR SELECTION MODE TO SELECT BY HIERARCHY: TEMPLATE BUTTON. SELECT BY TEMPLATE. ONCE TEMPLATED OBJECTS ARE SELECTED, FROM MAIN MENU, SELECT DISPLAY>OBJECT DISPLAY>UNTEMPLATE

7. HOW DID YOU WORK WITH TEMPLATE DISPLAY IN THE LAST LESSON?

I CHANGED ALL OF THE TEMPLE BASE TO A TEMPLATE SO I COULD MORE EASILY WORK ON BUILDING THE ROOF

Components

1. WHAT IS A COMPONENT?

OBJECTS SUCH AS PRIMITIVES WE USED ARE MADE OF COMPONENTS LIKE CONTROL VERTICES, FACES, AND HULLS

2. GIVE THREE EXAMPLES OF A COMPONENT.

cONTROL vERTICES, FACES, AND HULLS

3. WHAT DOES A COMPONENT ALLOW YOU TO DO IN MAYA?
COMPONENTS ALLOW YOU TO EDIT OBJECTS AT A CLOSER LEVEL

4. WHAT ARE THE STEP TO SELECT A COMPONENT OF AN OBJECT?
set the selection mod to component mode. Right click the wireframe, next draw a marquee around the control vertices you want to edit.

5. HOW DID YOU WORK WITH COMPONENTS IN THE LAST LESSON?

WE USED THE CONTROL VERTICES TO EDIT THE TORUS WE BUILT AS PART OF THE TEMPLE ROOF

What problems did you face in class on Friday? What did you learn?

The problems I faced in class on Friday was...when putting the sphere on top of the dome people where getting different type of shape of sphere. Other problems are that finding the hierarchy and combinations, object type, and component type. Including, other problem is how to find some extra steps that we didn't knew.

What we learned this past friday is how to use this new extra materials such as the hierarchy and combinations, object type, and component type. Also, how to change the figure into different type of color and scheme. This is what I learned this past friday.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Rotate In Position The Half Sphere

How do u rotate in position a half sphere is to use Transformation Tools and click the Rotate Tool..and you can rotate in position a half sphere.

Monday, January 10, 2011

3 Maya Questions

1). What is those sections that we haven't done yet?
2). How do you add a texture?
3). How did you add color?

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

What I Figure it out? and How did I did it? in Maya

1. How to put a light bulb...by going to paint effects and click in the figure that is lightbulb...and you click in the screen and a light bulb figure will come out.

2. When you move your mouse...in the a rectangle box it will tell you what you are doing...you do this by just selecting and moving the mouse around.

3. In fur you click in which ever style of hair and click the sphere and the hair will be attached in the sphere...this is to put hair.

4. When you put the hair..you could customize by box that is in the right side.

5. To change the point of views of camera...you go to general tab and click in one of film figures..and you could change the view.

6. In the general tab..you click on the up and down arrow film and you could zoom in or out.

7. To create a figure of a donut...you go to polygons and click the 6th figure on your left side and just click and drag.
8. How to see everything in graphic...you could go to fluids tab and click in the first figure and click on the screen and everything will be seen different.


Monday, January 3, 2011

SMART Goal

Specific: Better at grades, math, and student.
Better student by doing a better grades in math.

Measure: Better time for smart using such as, time to do homework and time to do basketball practice and have more time to go to tutoring, pay attention, and good grades in math.

Action: Do my homework but not finishing them fast...and focus in each class and keep notice of my grades in each class.

Reasonable: My goal is reasonable because this is what is possible to do and not impossible to do this 2nd semester and I believe I could do it and be a better student.

Timely: Will use my time for this goals will...the time that I need to finish this goal


Sentence: My SMART goal is to be better student by doing a better grade in math. Better time for homework, tutoring, and sports activities. Do my homework by understanding it and not just guess. This goal is something I could really do and not think I can't. My goal will be useful time wisely to reach this goal.