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garment

Software; CAD

In Maya Classic Cloth and Maya nCloth, a collection of seamed panels. A garment is represented by a poly mesh that is the cloth object.

geometry

Software; CAD

In general, a NURBS surface, NURBS curve, subdivision surface, or polygonal surface (mesh).

Geometry caches are special Maya files that store vertex transformation data. They are useful when you want to reduce the number of calculations Maya performs when playing back or rendering scenes ...

geometry constraint

Software; CAD

In animation, a constraint that restricts an object to a NURBS surface, NURBS curve, subdivision surface or polygonal surface (mesh). To orient the constrained object relative to the surface of the ...

ghosting

Software; CAD

The simulation of a technique in classical animation where an animator rapidly flips through a handful of cell drawings to get a feel for the timing of the action he is working on. Ghosting is useful ...

gimbal lock

Software; CAD

In animation, a situation where one rotational axis is placed over another, causing the two axes to lead to the same result when animated. To avoid gimbal lock, either quaternion rotation must be ...

glow object

Software; CAD

In rendering, the simulation of a bright, fuzzy disk at the location of a light source. You can also control how the glow from one surface affects the intensity of another's surface glow, or create ...