KWWidgets/Projects/3DWidgets/Part2/Study/Maya

Maya Personal Learning Edition

Main screen of Maya Personal Learning Edition

Maya is produced by Autodesk: [1]

Autodesk® Maya® Personal Learning Edition is a special version of Autodesk® Maya® software, which provides free access to Autodesk Maya for non-commercial use. It gives graphics and animation students, industry professionals, and those interested in breaking into the world of computer graphics an opportunity to explore all aspects of the award-winning Autodesk® Maya® Complete software in a non-commercial capacity. Available for Windows® 2000/XP Professional and Mac® OS X operating systems.

Autodesk Maya Personal Learning Edition is based on Autodesk Maya 7. Extract from Autodesk website linked above

Widgets

Select Tool	Allows selection of objects and components.
Lasso Tool	Allows selection of objects and components in view panels by drawing a freeform shape around them.
Show Manipulator Tool	Shows a manipulator tailored for the selected node or attribute.
Move Tool	Shows a move manipulator for the selected objects or components.
Rotate Tool	Shows a rotation manipulator on the selected objects or components.
Scale Tool	Shows a scale manipulator on the selected objects or components.
Universal Manipulator	The Universal Manipulator combines the functions of the Move Tool, Rotate Tool, and Scale Tool.
Soft Modification Tool	The Soft Modification tool lets you push and pull geometry as a sculptor would push and pull on a piece of clay. By default, the amount of deformation is greatest at the center of the push/pull, and gradually falls off further away from the centre. However, you can control the falloff of the deformation to create various types of effects.
Curves	NURBS curves can be drawn by placing CVs, edit points, or freehand. They can be created alone, between surfaces and points or on surfaces.
Arcs	Arcs can be created from two or three points.
Fillet Curve	A fillet curve is a curve that joins two other lines or curves, effectively an average joining the two.
Flat Surface	Allows creation of a flat surface within a curve.
Akin Surface	Allows creation of a surface based on a set of lines/curves.
Extrude	Creates a surface by sweeping a cross-section (or "profile") curve along a path curve. The curves can be normal 3D curves, surface isoparms or edges, trim edges, or curves-on-surface
Bounding Curves	A surface may be created by using a set of curves as boundaries.
Revolve	A surface can be made by revolving a curve or cross-section.
Select Tools	Points, edges or borders can be selected.
Polygons	Polygonal shapes may be created by creating a set of points.