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An attribute that does not show up in the Maya user interface. For example, it will not be shown in the Attribute Editor. The hidden state of an attribute can be set using MEL or the API.
Industry:Software
A display (and rendering) technique for displaying only those lines visible from the current perspective view.
Industry:Software
1. In general, the arrangement of parent-child relationships for all connected nodes that make up an object (also known as object hierarchy) or a scene (also known as DAG or scene hierarchy).
2. In animation, a hierarchy of joint chains. Also known as skeleton hierarchy.
3. In subdivision modeling, the number of levels in a subdivision surface.
In other software packages, known as mesh smooth.
Industry:Software
The color of a rendered surface where it directly reflects a light source.
Industry:Software
A high quality display of your work as you build, shade, texture, and light your scenes in the scene view. This type of interactive shading lets you see a very good representation of the look of the final render, before you software-render the scene. High quality shading uses the same technology that enables hardware rendering.
Industry:Software
In animation, a joint that can rotate only about one of its local axes. A human knee is a good example of a hinge joint.
Industry:Software
In dynamics, a constraint keeping rigid bodies along a specified axis by a hinge. Use hinge constraints to create effects such as a door on a hinge, a link connecting train cars, or the pendulum of a clock.
Industry:Software
A method for accessing menu items and tools at the cursor position, accessible by pressing and holding down the Space bar on the keyboard. The tools that appear in the hotbox can be customized to streamline your workflow. Also known as viewport option, display option, or quad box.
Industry:Software
One keyboard key, or combination of keys, providing quick access to a tool. You can customize hotkeys from a Hotkey Editor, or from MEL custom commands.
Industry:Software
Hue, Saturation and Lightness. A color model that determines the shading and lightness of a color. Hue corresponds to the pure color; saturation to the amount of white mixed with the hue; and light to the brightness of the hue.
Industry:Software
