Learn about the Subdivision Workspace and how to customize the Default Workspace for subdivision modeling.
Transcript
00:03
If you prefer to stay in the Default Workspace,
00:06
then you can access all of the Subdivision tools here in the palette.
00:11
And if you use a shelf,
00:12
you could use the middle mouse button to drag that onto the shelf as a separate tab.
00:17
And that opens out all of the tools onto a single level
00:20
which makes them easy to access.
00:24
And you'll also want easy access to
00:25
the subdivision selection tools here under point types
00:30
and here under SubD.
00:32
So you can either add these to your shelf as well
00:35
or like I've done here, to your marking menu.
00:40
Alternatively, you can go directly to the dedicated Subdivision Workspace
00:45
and this has a shelf docked at the
00:47
top with most of the subdivision tools already added
00:50
and the Symmetry tool here and some useful curve tools.
00:55
The marking menus have Pick Vertex, Edge Face and Face and Edge Loop already added.
01:01
And over here in the Control Panel, there's a dedicated SubD panel shelf
01:06
with Transform, Display and Navigation tools.
01:10
And these have been set up with the default Maya hotkeys.
01:14
And because we're using numeric hotkeys and the letter R which is reserved,
01:19
you need to turn off the Auto prompt line mode here for those single hotkeys to work.
01:25
So you can use 2 for box shading
01:30
and 4 to display the vertices.
01:33
And then I could use the marking menu to pick an edge loop
01:37
and then R for Scale
01:41
and W for Move
01:44
and make changes to your model.
01:47
And then when you're finished, you can use 5 to turn off the controls.
01:53
And finally, the palette isn't shown by default,
01:56
but you can open it at any time from the Windows menu
01:59
if you need access to any of the palette tools.
00:03
If you prefer to stay in the Default Workspace,
00:06
then you can access all of the Subdivision tools here in the palette.
00:11
And if you use a shelf,
00:12
you could use the middle mouse button to drag that onto the shelf as a separate tab.
00:17
And that opens out all of the tools onto a single level
00:20
which makes them easy to access.
00:24
And you'll also want easy access to
00:25
the subdivision selection tools here under point types
00:30
and here under SubD.
00:32
So you can either add these to your shelf as well
00:35
or like I've done here, to your marking menu.
00:40
Alternatively, you can go directly to the dedicated Subdivision Workspace
00:45
and this has a shelf docked at the
00:47
top with most of the subdivision tools already added
00:50
and the Symmetry tool here and some useful curve tools.
00:55
The marking menus have Pick Vertex, Edge Face and Face and Edge Loop already added.
01:01
And over here in the Control Panel, there's a dedicated SubD panel shelf
01:06
with Transform, Display and Navigation tools.
01:10
And these have been set up with the default Maya hotkeys.
01:14
And because we're using numeric hotkeys and the letter R which is reserved,
01:19
you need to turn off the Auto prompt line mode here for those single hotkeys to work.
01:25
So you can use 2 for box shading
01:30
and 4 to display the vertices.
01:33
And then I could use the marking menu to pick an edge loop
01:37
and then R for Scale
01:41
and W for Move
01:44
and make changes to your model.
01:47
And then when you're finished, you can use 5 to turn off the controls.
01:53
And finally, the palette isn't shown by default,
01:56
but you can open it at any time from the Windows menu
01:59
if you need access to any of the palette tools.
