Art of illusion

To hide the Channel Box, click the Show/Hide Channel Box icon from

the right end of the Status line. The Channel Box disappears, and the perspective scene view expands slightly. With the Channel Box hidden, you have more working area in

your scene view.

To show the Channel Box, click the Show/Hide Channel Box icon on

the Status line. The Channel Box appears in the scene view.

Primitive objects

Maya provides many types of primitive types and shapes such cubes, spheres,

cylinders, and planes.

Primitive objects can be used as a starting point for a wide variety of shapes

and forms. The most common workflow when using primitive objects is:

The Toolbox: Layout / shortcuts

The Toolbox is located on the left hand side of the Maya user interface. It

contains icons that open tools for transforming your objects within Maya

(selection, move, rotate, scale)

The Quick Layout buttons shortcuts allow you to select a different panel or

switch to another layout.

The workspace changes to a four-view layout. The perspective view is

located in the top right corner and the other views show the object from

the top, front and side. The layout shortcuts have other options that you

will learn later in this tutorial.