Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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Grouping or Parenting
When do you group, and when do you parent, and why?
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Grouping makes a new "group" object the top of the hierarchy with all of the objects within it acting as children.
Parenting can be useful when you want to actively control an object and have other objects go with it. Such as a mechanical arm grasping a tube. The mechanical arm might be in multiple segments, each segment parented to the next one.
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