Opening a File

1. Open your previous scene from lesson 1.
   • – MAIN MENU || File > Open Scene or CTRL + O
2. Find your scene
   • – Find your Maya file. Should be located in the scenes folder.
   • – Click the Set Project button on the open file window.
3. Saving Files
   • – Two Different Formats:
     • (.ma) Larger file size. Maya ASCII saves scene into a text file. Easy to modify without opening it in MAYA.
     • (.mb) Smaller file size. compiled into a binary file

Create a Fireplace

1. Extrude polygon faces
   • – Select the chimney
   • – change your view so you can see the chimney inside the house
   • – Switch to component mode for faces
     • Press F11
     • Object Mode / Component Mode (toggle): F8
     • Display Vertices: F9
     • Display Edges: F10
     • Display Faces: F11
     • Display UVs: F12
   • – Select a polygonal face to be used to extrude the fireplace.
     • Click on the center dote or drag a marquee around the dot.
     • Face will be highlighted orange
   • – Extrude the face
     • MAIN MENU || Edit Mesh > Extrude
     • Invoke the last command to extrude again. Extrude: g
   • – Extrude several times to get the following shape:
     
   • – Return to Object Mode. Press F8
2. Smooth out mesh
   • – Select chimney
   • – Smooth polygon
     • MAIN MENU || Mesh > Smooth
   • – Tweak the shape to your liking.
   • – Press 3 to see the smooth.
     
3. Create a wood log
   • – Create a polygonal cylinder
   • – Modify the cylinder’s Input Panel in the Channel Window
   • – Highlight the attribute Radius
   • – In viewport MMB+drag to the left to decrease and opposite to increase 
     • Radius: 0.4
     • Subdivision Axis: 10
     • Subdivision Height: 2
     • Subdivision Cap: 1
   • – Name polygonal to  woodlog
4. Delete faces
   • – Select woodlog press F11 for Component mode for faces
   • – Select the faces on the top, bottom, side that you want to remove
   • – Press Delete
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5. Fill the hole in the wood log
   (There is now a hole in your polygon that you need to fill with Fill Hole)
   
   • – Press F8 (object mode)
   • – Select POLYGONS || Mesh > Fill hole
   • – Press F9 in Component mode displaying vertices
   • – Tweak woodlog’s shape to your liking
   • – Create more logs and stack them
6. Combine polygonal objects
   (Combine the multiple polygonal objects and treated as one object)
   
   • – Select all your polygons
   • – POLYGON || Mesh > Combine
   • – Rename to woodpile
7. Center the pivot of your polygonal group
   • – Select object
   • – Press [INSERT] (changes manipulator to Move Pivot Tool) or Press D
   • – POLYGONS || Modify > Center Pivot (place pivot exactly in the center of object)

Create a table

1. Draw a Curve
   • – Tap the [SPACEBAR] and choose front view
   • – Show only the NURBs curves
   • STAGE || Show > None
   • STAGE || Show > NURBs Curves
   • – Select the EP Curve Tool
     • MAIN || Create > EP Curve Tool
   • – Draw the following curve
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   • – Hit [ENTER] to complete the curve
   • – Press F11 into Component mode and fine tune your shape
   • – Press F8 to switch to Object mode
2. Revolve the table
   • – Switch to perspective view
   • – Press F4 to select surfaces menu set
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   • – Select curve and revolve shape
     • SURFACES || Surfaces > Revolve

     
     *Note you may not see the results because STAGE || Show > NURBs Surfaces might not be checked

   • – Name geometry to table
3. Construction history
   Allows you to modify actions applied to a polygon without undoing your work
   • – With the table selected, go to the inputs panel and change some values to see how it affects your polygon.
   • – Can lead to unexpected results when the topology changes. Topology: the flow and organization of edges
4. Delete your construction history
   • – Select the table
   • – Delete History
     • MAIN || Edit > Delete All by Type > History
   • – Move and scale the table into the house