N (Toggle Auto Key Mode) control, 692
Name and Color rollout, 141
Name Selection Sets drop-down list, 310, 334, 412
named selections editing, 178
names, 513
natural light, 645-646
navigation controls
active viewport, 45-46
controlling camera and spotlight views, 45
controlling viewports with scroll wheel, 44-45
disabling and refreshing viewports, 47-48
maximizing active viewport, 48-49
panning view, 43
rotating view, 43-44
undoing and saving viewport changes, 46-47
walking through view, 43
zooming view, 43
Navigation menu, 523
nebula cloud texture, 537
nesting groups, 241
Netting texture, 537
network rendering
configuring network manager and servers, 1093-1095
Job Assignment Options, 1092-1093
logging errors, 1095
Monitor utility, 1096-1098
overview, 1079-1080
setting up network, 1081-1085
shared directories, 1085-1088
starting system, 1088-1092
Network Server window, 1094
New Path field, 591
New Schematic View menu command, 249
New Track View menu command, 249
nodes, 257, 259, 263
Noise controller, 758
Noise map, 575
Noise Parameters rollout, 575
Noise rollout, 565
None mode, 918
Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines. See NURBS
Non-Uniform Rational Mesh Smooth. See NURMS
Normal Align command, 212
Normal Bump map, 583, 619
normal maps, 619-622
normals, 308-309
note tracks, 812
NSurfSel (NURBS Surface Select modifier), 281, 447
Numerical Expression Evaluator, 775
NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines)
converting objects to, 432-433
creating 1-rail and 2-rail sweep surface, 442-443
creating UV Loft surface, 440-441
curves, 430-431
editing, 434-438
editing NURBS Creation Toolbox, 435-438
lathing surface, 441-442
lofting surface, 438-439
modifiers, 446-448
sculpting rectangular surface, 444
surfaces, 431-432
NURBS Creation Toolbox, 434, 436, 437
NURBS menu command, 430
NURBS Surface Select modifier (NSurfSel), 281, 447
NURMS (Non-Uniform Rational Mesh Smooth), 387, 406