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.ma (Maya ASCII) files
Macromedia Flash files
main window
     main menu bar
     orthographic views 2nd 3rd
     Perspective view default
         changing panels
     scene views, cameras
manipulation tools 2nd
     enlarging/shrinking
marking menus
     accessing tools and commands
     Transform
materials [See also Hypershade.]
     ambient color
     anisotropic
     blinn 2nd
         3D to flle textures
     bump mapping 2nd
     color(s)
         changing
         Color Chooser 2nd
         image mapping
     incadescence
     lambert 2nd
     phong
     phong e 2nd
     specular and reflectivity options
     transparency 2nd 3rd 4th
Maya
     Alias Web site
     forums
     hardware requirements
     Help menu
     interface
         displaying/hiding UI elements
     licensing
     manipulation tools
     mouse, three-button
     new features
     node-based architecture
     resources
     system requirements
     versions
     video display cards
     XYZ coordinate system versus XY coordinate system
Maya Embedded Language [See MEL (Maya Embedded Language).]
Maya Hardware renderer 2nd
Maya Software renderer 2nd
Maya Vector renderer 2nd
.mb (Maya Binary) files
MEL (Maya Embedded Language) [See also Expression Editor.]
     commands
         format
         MEL Command Reference
         short names
     if statements
     loops
         for-in
         while
     procedures
         calling
         defining
         local and global
     Script Editor
         executing scripts
         opening
         viewing commands
     scripting language
     scripts
         adding to Self
         executing
         free scripts at Web sites
         Shelf Editor
     variables
         arrays 2nd
         declaring
Mental Ray renderer 2nd
     caustics 2nd
     global illumination 2nd
menus
     Find Menu feature
     main menu bar
         displaying/hiding
     menu sets
         changing
         displaying/hiding in Hotbox
     panel menu bars, displaying/hiding
     tearing off
     within panels
miscellaneous selection mask
     component mode
     object mode
modeling [See NURBS modeling.]
Modify menu
     Center Pivot 2nd
     Freeze Transformations 2nd 3rd
     Make Live/Make Not Live
     Snap Align Objects
         Align Objects
         Align Tool
         Snap Together Tool
     tearing off
mouse, three-button
Move tool 2nd 3rd
     keyboard shortcut
     positioning pivot points
MultiPoints render