Some tips of MAYA (1) 1, self-made Maya startup interface. In the MayaResdIl file in the BIN folder under the installation directory, use Resource. Hacker, open it. In the software. In the directory tree, find MAYASTARTUPIMAGE. XPM bitmap and save it. The picture resolution should be consistent, and then. Select the replacement bitmap to replace and save the modified image. Close Hypershade and other windows to reduce the amount of calculation at startup. 2. Control the display of the hot box. The hot box in MAYA can be displayed by pressing the space bar. And press the left mouse button to select the hot box. The area with consistent style can prevent the hot box from popping up. Select the central area. It's just that the word AW can't be fully recovered even when it appears. The shortcut key is ALT+M.3. Create colorful MAYA interface. MAYA's default interface color is gray. If you want to try another color interface, you can modify it yourself. Fang. The method is to select window/settings/preferences/colors ... 4. Create your own shelf, and you can add the most commonly used tools to the current shelf by pressing Ctrl+Shift and clicking the command. Customize the shelf icon When we add a line of MEL to the shelf, the icon appears MEL, which is difficult to distinguish. At this point, you can select the newly added command by selecting Window/Settings/Preferences/Shelves, click the Change Image button, select the image to be replaced, and then select the Save All Shelves button, and the replacement is successful. 5. Customize the marking menu. Run window/settings/preferences/tabs. Menu to set relevant parameters, and then set parameters according to your own operating habits, and finally click Save. 6. Customize object properties. If you want to add properties and set expressions or drive keyframes for other data, you must click the eighth option ... Properties dialog box in Properties/Add and drag to open the window/settings/preferences. In Selection, select Click and drag to select, and then click Save. 7. Hide or show interface elements. Execute the ShowUI under display /UIElements. Elements or hidden elements can show or hide elements throughout the interface. 8. Change the display size and thickness of the manipulator. Open the window/Settings/Preferences to modify the lines in the manipulator. Size can change the display thickness of the manipulator. Press "+"-"on the keypad to change the display size of the manipulator. 9. Vacancy. PickNothing is a very practical selection command. We can define it as a marked menu or connect a shortcut key, which is introduced in the sixth trick. It can also be defined on the shelf. When using MEL language,-pay attention to case. You can also enter: select mode-rootl；; ; Select-Clear; 10, get rid of your Maya habits. Generally, under MAYAprefs in my document, there are some files, including custom shortcut keys, marking menus, interface colors, shelves and other information. These files are packaged with some icons and copied to the same directory on other machines. And these files are on anyone's machine, you can use your own habits. 1 1, remember the unit of measurement. Maya's default unit is centimeter, and centimeter is centimeter. Maya's dynamics and light attenuation are based on the default unit centimeter. When using MAYA to interact with 3D software such as Rhino and MAX, it is very important to unify the units of these software, so don't modify them easily. You can modify and save the linearity of a specific address in Window Settings Preferences Preferences.