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cloth

Software; CAD

Polygonal shapes that can be tessellated and draped over other objects. These shapes are used in Maya nCloth to simulate real-world cloth.

cloud

Software; CAD

In dynamics, a render type that displays particles as blurred or cloudy metaballs (spheres that blend together to form surfaces). Clouds appear only in software rendered images.

clumping

Software; CAD

In Maya Fur, the placement of fur into a series of compact masses (clumps). You can control clumping attributes such as the degree to which hairs are pulled in towards a clump’s ...

canvas

Software; CAD

A 2D plane on which colors, patterns, or textures can be painted. A canvas can be used as an independent piece of art, as a background image in a scene, or as a texture applied to ...

CgFX Viewer

Software; CAD

A standalone application from nVidia for connecting, viewing and editing shaders. Maya provides a Windows-only plug-in named cgfxShader.mll for editing and viewing CgFX files.

chamfer

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, the removal of a vertex to create a chamfered (cut-off) corner.

channel

Software; CAD

1) In animation, an animatable attribute displayed in the Channel Box. See Channel Box. 2) In rendering and imaging, a component of a pixel. Primary channels are typically ...