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Maya Beginner Basics: Outliner, HyperGraph/Shade

September 28, 2010
Category: 3D Modeling

The following is a 10-Part series on Maya Beginner Basics. The tutorials are set up in-specific to game environment modeling.

Outliner, Hypergraph and Hypershade are important within Maya modeling and texturing interface. These functions are used to manage scenes in Maya and to create/apply shaders and materials to geometry.

Tutorial covers:

• Outliner
• Hypergraph
• Hypershade
  

10-Part Maya Beginner Basics Series:

1. Interface Overview
2. Setting Preferences
3. How to Create a Custom Shelf
4. Viewport Navigation
5. Geometry Modeling Basics
6. Geometry Modeling Basics - Exercise
7. Custom Polygon Display
8. Outliner, Hypergraph and Hypershade
9. Snapping and Pivots
10. How to Set Up a New Project

Maya Beginner Basics: Outliner, Hypergraph, Hypershade

OUTLINER

Think of Outliner as a scene manager. It provides you with a full list of all objects within your scene.

Window --> Outliner

HYPERGRAPH

Similar to Outliner, Hypergraph allows you to manage your objects within your scene.

Window --> Hypergraph

HYPERSHADE

Hypershade allows you to create shaders, materials and work with textures.

Window --> Rendering Editors --> Hypershade

10-Part Maya Beginner Basics Series:

1. Interface Overview
2. Setting Preferences
3. How to Create a Custom Shelf
4. Viewport Navigation
5. Geometry Modeling Basics
6. Geometry Modeling Basics - Exercise
7. Custom Polygon Display
8. Outliner, Hypergraph and Hypershade
9. Snapping and Pivots
10. How to Set Up a New Project