Index

1. Introduction

2. Basics

Mouse Usage Where's Undo? Tool Tips Toolbars and Menus Common Buttons Top Toolbar Keyboard Shortcuts Arc Rotate Object Libraries Grid Control Snap-to-Grid Material Editor Visual Quality OpenGL Workspace File Output Frame Rate Saving .jpg and .bmp Files Printing Configuration User Interface Configuration

3. Object Editor - Basics and Object/Edit Mode

Object/Edit Operations Basic Objects Meshes vs. Parameteric Shapes Plug-in Shapes Object Materials Splines True Type Fonts Filling Extrusion Lathing Modifiers Mirroring Subdivision Subdivision Objects Morph Targets

4. Object Editor - Object/Point Mode

Point Editing Edge Editing Face Editing Applying Multiple Materials A Note On Selecting Faces Adding Points and Edges Adding Faces Connecting Meshes Merging Points Point and Line Parameters Face Extrusion and Manipulating Tools Bevel Inset Shell Bump Cut Faces Slide Edge Extrude Face Editing Commands Bridge Flatten Merge Faces Misc. Commands

5. Figure Editor

Figure Basics Edit Operations Building a Skeleton Flexible Joints Adding Body Parts Skinning Influence Volumes Skinning Weights

6. Sequence Editor

Time Track Sequence Basics Edit Operations Visibility Options Animate Button What is a Key? Making a Key Pose Editing Key Frames A Circle Has 720 Degrees Making a Sequence

7. Scene Editor

Elements of a Scene Adding Objects Adding Figures The Camera Lights Targets Object Properties Dialog Light Properties Dialog Advanced Light Properties Shadow Properties of Light Shadows Volume Shadows Ray Traced Shadows Environment Settings The Time Track Previewing and Saving Images The Alpha Channel Image Compositing Rendering an .AVI Movie Alternate Renderers

8. Animation

Animation with Key Frames Animating Figures with Sequences Animating with Expressions Controllers Kinds of Controllers Editing Keys Editing Expressions Graph Editor Editing Segments

9. Browser

10. Materials

Material Editor Texture Selector Advanced Textures Environment Maps Texture Mode

11. Scripts

Creating a Script The Script Directory Installing a Script Plug-in Scripts Running a Modeling Script Using Controller Scripts Script Errors Writing Scripts

A. Keyboard Shortcuts

Viewpoint Top Toolbar Object Editor Point Editor Figure Editor Sequence Editor Scene Editor

This page was last updated on June 7, 2006

Copyright 2006 R. Steven Glanville