ARTS 313 Virtual Form				Spring 2007
	Maya Cheat Sheet
	After opening Maya... • Set your preferences to "infinite undo." • Set the "set key" option so that the tool will give you a prompt box and will set keys below. • Check that your animation units are set to 30 fps. Shortcuts General • "q" cancels a command • "w" is a move • "e" is rotate • "r" is scale • "h" is hide selection • "d" is duplicate • "f" frames the selection in the active window • "x" is grid snap You can view all your hotkeys (and manipulate them) by going to Window > Settings/Preferences > Hotkeys... Setting Keys • "s" sets key • "SHIFT+w" sets move • "SHIFT+e" sets rotate • "SHIFT+r" sets scale Graph Editor • "ALT+SHIFT+left click+middle click" lets you move the view in the direction you move the mouse. • "SHIFT+middle click" moves keys and curves in one direction. The direction is the first direction your mouse moved in. • "w" and "r" can be used for translate and scale in the graph editor and dope sheet. • To weight tangents, you have to first specify that tangents be weighted (tangents > weighted Tangents) and then you have to free the tangent weights. • You can set the way your keys are set through Options > General Preferences > Animation > Keys. You can change how the default tangent comes in and how the default tangent goes out. Channels Box • Greyed out means the attribute is locked. • Yellow means there's a key on it. • If you highlight the attribute itself (not its value) and it's an attribute you assigned, you can use the middle mouse button to change its value. Outliner • To select multiple items, hold down the "CTRL" key. • You can drag things by holding down the middle mouse button. You can also use this to move things under groups, to parent and un-parent items. • If you click the "+" symbol, you'll see what's immediately childed under the object. If you hold the "SHIFT" key while clicking the "+" symbol, you'll see the entire tree of parents and children.
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