Learning Autodesk Maya 2010: Foundation

Introduction

Understanding Maya

To understand Autodesk® Maya® software, it helps to understand how it works at a conceptual level. This introduction is designed to give you the story about Maya software. In other words, the focus of this introduction will be on how different Maya concepts are woven together to create an integrated workspace.

While this book teaches you how to model, animate, and render, these concepts are taught with a particular focus on how the underlying architecture in Maya software supports the creation of animated sequences.

You will soon learn that Maya architecture can be explained by a single line—nodes with attributes ...