Absolute Beginner Maya® 2023 3D Modeling Beginner

This third book builds on the skills from the first two books and shows the workflow for modeling a chair to real world scale. The tutorial shows how to add more detail and finish to a model.

You will learn:

More Foundation vocabulary

How to get reference images, prepare reference images and where to place images

How to set up reference images for real world scale

How to extrude. There are a lot of extrusion techniques in the main tutorial.

How to use the Outliner

How to Use Orthographic Views

How to work with Pivot Points

How to model a chair

Model a gear

How, and when to merge vertices

Turn on and use HUD Heads Up Display

Extrude Multiple Faces at one time

Extrude and Select Edges

You will also use the techniques learned in tutorials 1-10