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Computer aided design software.

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x-ray shading

Software; CAD

A display technique that shows shaded surfaces as semi-transparent surfaces.

XYZ coordinate system

Software; CAD

A 3D coordinate system that lets you create characters and scenes with dimensionally accurate values. In the XYZ coordinate system, the origin is the center with coordinates 0,0,0. All points are ...

Y-up world

Software; CAD

An orientation of the XYZ coordinate system where the X axis is the horizontal and Z is the depth of the scene. This orientation is often used by animators (and games developers) who have evolved ...

In general, the act of moving closer to or farther away from an object. In Maya, zooming a camera means changing the lens’s focal length. The camera does not move, but the scene in the camera’s view ...

Z-up world

Software; CAD

An orientation of the XYZ coordinate system that starts with a ground plane representing the X and Y directions, with Z representing the up direction. This orientation is used by designers, whose ...

UV set

Software; CAD

A particular texture that can be applied to an object. UV sets are required in multitexturing, when different textures, each with a different UV layer, need to be applied to a surface. For example, ...

UV Smudge

Software; CAD

In UV modeling, a tool that lets you drag or smudge the layout of UVs, thereby providing a more artistic and free-form way of manipulating the layout of UVs.