Chapter 2: NURBS Modeling

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Maya 8 at a Glance

• Chapter 2 NURBS Modeling

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NURBS Curves
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NURBS Patches
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Building Surfaces
Revolve
Loft
Planar
Extrude
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Building Surfaces
Birail 1
Birail 2
Boundary
Square
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Sculpting Surfaces

• Use the Sculpt Geometry Tool to push, pull, and
  smooth a surface

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Curves on Surfaces

• 2 ways to place curves on surfaces
• Make a surface live so that you can draw curves
  directly on the surface.

• Project a curve on a surface

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Creating Trims

• The Trim tool uses a curve on a surface as a
  template to trim away part of the surface

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The Attach Surfaces Tool

• Joins two surfaces as one
• Useful for simplifying a multipatch model

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The Align Surfaces Tool

• Similar to the Attach Surfaces Tool, but it
  physically moves or modifies the surfaces
  together so that they are aligned

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The Stitch Surfaces Tool

• Sews points or edges of NURBS surfaces together
  to maintain continuity

Stitch Points
Stitch Edges
Global Stitch
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