Zoom, Pan, & Roll
· See Objects Up Close – Press F Key
· To tumble (spin view) – Hold Option key and drag with left mouse button.
· To track (pan view) – Hold option key and drag with middle mouse button.
· To dolly (zoom) – Hold the option key and drag with right mouse button
Move, Rotate, Scale
· To see four views – Press Spacebar
· You get the top, left, and right – orthographic views
· Move button, Rotate button, Scale button
· Three axises, x,y,z
· To move an object freely or scale uniformly –drag the central handle
Create and View Objects
· NURBS and Polygons
· Polygons are made of faces, each one is flat
· NURBS are made of curves, smooth
· Select NURBS Primitives or Polygon Primitives from the Create Menu and select a shape.
· Click and drag to create the shape.
· Channel Box displays information for an object.
· The transform attributes (position, scale) are at the top
· View shape attributes – Click word under INPUTS
· In Panel Tool Bar – Click the 3 different cubes to switch between display objects.
· Control how smooth objects look in the view with the 1,2,3 keys.
o Doesn’t change the real shape of the object
Component Selection
· Can work on entire NURBS/Polygons in object mode
· Work on parts of an object in component mode.
· To select a component, press and hold over the object with the right mouse button and select the one you want.
· When objects overlap, you select them.
· Deselect all, click empty space.
· To add to existing selection, press shift and click
· Deselect some, press control and click
