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Quick reference

glossary of common terms

& keyboard shortcuts for

CINEMA 4D users

Transition guide

CINEMA

4D>>M

aya

This Transition Guide represents similar keyboard shortcuts and UI terms and usages between theCINEMA 4D and Maya 5 software. The glossary is not a complete listing of terms common to both packages.

For a complete listing of common terms please refer to each packages respective index or glossary.

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C A N Y O U I M A G I N E

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C INEMA 4D M AY A

Menus_________________________________________________________________________________________________Objects Menu Create Menu_________________________________________________________________________________________________Tools Menu Modify Menu_________________________________________________________________________________________________Structure Menu Edit Polygons / Edit Nurbs / Subdiv Surfaces_________________________________________________________________________________________________Plugins Menu Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager_________________________________________________________________________________________________Render Menu Render Menu_________________________________________________________________________________________________Animation Menu Animate Menu_________________________________________________________________________________________________Painter Menu Window > Paint Effects..._________________________________________________________________________________________________Window Menu Window Menu_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Manager_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Attribute Manager Attribute Editor_________________________________________________________________________________________________Object Manager Window > Outliner_________________________________________________________________________________________________Timeline Display > UI Elements > Time Slider / Range Slider_________________________________________________________________________________________________F-Curve Manager Animation Editors > Graph Editor_________________________________________________________________________________________________Structure Manager Window > General Editors > Component Editor_________________________________________________________________________________________________Coordinate Manager Cannel Box_________________________________________________________________________________________________Active Tool Manager Tool Settings_________________________________________________________________________________________________Material Manager Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade_________________________________________________________________________________________________Texture View Window > UV Texture Editor_________________________________________________________________________________________________Layout Window > Saved Layouts_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Animation_________________________________________________________________________________________________Record Animate > Set Key_________________________________________________________________________________________________Framerate Window > Settings/Preferences > Preferences > Timeline_________________________________________________________________________________________________Play Sound Sound automatically plays once imported_________________________________________________________________________________________________Custom Tangents Graph Editor > Tangents_________________________________________________________________________________________________Linear Interpolation Graph Editor > Tangents > Linear_________________________________________________________________________________________________Soft Interpolation Graph Editor > Tangents > Spline_________________________________________________________________________________________________Attributes > Key Properties > Graph Editor > Keys > Break Tangents

Link Tangents (uncheck)_________________________________________________________________________________________________Unify or Attributes > Key Properties > Graph Editor > Keys > Unify TangentsLink Tangents (check)_________________________________________________________________________________________________Flat Graph Editor > Tangents > Flat_________________________________________________________________________________________________Hold Graph Editor > Tangents > Stepped_________________________________________________________________________________________________Clamp Graph Editor > Tangents > Clamped_________________________________________________________________________________________________Cycle Graph Editor > Curves > Pre (or Post) Infinity > Cycle_________________________________________________________________________________________________Cycle with Offset Graph Editor > Curves > Pre (or Post) Infinity >

Cycle With Offset_________________________________________________________________________________________________Bake Curve... Graph Editor > Curves > Bake Channel_________________________________________________________________________________________________Simplify Curve Graph Editor > Curves > Simplify Curve_________________________________________________________________________________________________Objects > Deformation Deform > Create Nonlinear_________________________________________________________________________________________________Objects > Deformation > FFD Deform > Create Lattice_________________________________________________________________________________________________Align to Spline Expression Animate > Motion Paths > Attach to Motion Path_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Modelling_________________________________________________________________________________________________Lathe NURBS Surfaces > Revolve_________________________________________________________________________________________________Loft NURBS Surfaces > Loft_________________________________________________________________________________________________Extrude NURBS Surfaces > Extrude_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sweep NURBS Surfaces > Extrude_________________________________________________________________________________________________Bezier NURBS Create > NURBS Primitives > Plane_________________________________________________________________________________________________Text Create > Text_________________________________________________________________________________________________Hyper NURBS Subdivision Surfaces_________________________________________________________________________________________________Smooth Shift Subdiv Surfaces > Component Display Level_________________________________________________________________________________________________Weight Hyper NURBS Subdiv Surfaces > Crease Edge / Vertex_________________________________________________________________________________________________Extrude Edit Polygons > Extrude Face_________________________________________________________________________________________________Extrude Inner Edit Polygons > Extrude Face_________________________________________________________________________________________________Knife Edit Polygons > Split polygon Tool_________________________________________________________________________________________________Align Normals Edit Polygons > Normals > Conform_________________________________________________________________________________________________Reverse Normals Edit Polygons > Normals > Reverse_________________________________________________________________________________________________Subdivide Edit Polygons > Subdivide_________________________________________________________________________________________________Connect Polygons > Combine_________________________________________________________________________________________________Current State to Object Modify > Convert_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rendering_________________________________________________________________________________________________Render Settings or < shift + F8 > Rendering Editors > Render Globals..._________________________________________________________________________________________________Render View or < ctrl + r > Render > Render Current Frame_____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

New Material / Shader Window > Hypershade > Create > New Shader_________________________________________________________________________________________________Texture Window > Paint Effects..._________________________________________________________________________________________________Tile U/ V Window > Paint Effects > Canvas > Wrap (H/ V)_________________________________________________________________________________________________Stick Texture Tag Texturing > Create Texture Reference Object_________________________________________________________________________________________________

C INEMA 4D M A Y A

Render Settings_________________________________________________________________________________________________Output Render Globals > Resolution_________________________________________________________________________________________________Output > Frame Render Globals > Image File Output >

Start Frame, End Frame_________________________________________________________________________________________________Output > Film Format Render Globals > Resolution >

Presets (or Device Aspect Ratio)_________________________________________________________________________________________________Output > Pixel Render Globals > Resolution > Pixel Aspect Ratio_________________________________________________________________________________________________Output > Field Rend. Render Globals > Field Options_________________________________________________________________________________________________Save > Name Render Globals > Image File Output > Frame / Animation Ext._________________________________________________________________________________________________Save > Format Render Globals > Image File Output > Image Format_________________________________________________________________________________________________Save Render Globals > Image File Output_________________________________________________________________________________________________Options Render Globals > Raytracing Quality_________________________________________________________________________________________________Multi-Pass Render Globals > Render Layer / Pass Control_________________________________________________________________________________________________Effects > Post Effect > Object Motion Blur Render Globals > Motion Blur 2D_________________________________________________________________________________________________Effects > Post Effect > Scene Motion Blur Render Globals > Motion Blur 3D_________________________________________________________________________________________________Effects > Post Effect > Depth of Field Camera Attributes > Depth of Field_________________________________________________________________________________________________Effects > Post Effect > Lens Effects Light Attributes > Light Effects > Light Glow_________________________________________________________________________________________________General > Render As Editor Window > Rendering Editors > Hardware Render Buffer_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Material Settings_________________________________________________________________________________________________Illumination Model Material Type_________________________________________________________________________________________________Bump Common Material Attributes > Bump Mapping_________________________________________________________________________________________________Luminance Common Material Attributes > Incandescence_________________________________________________________________________________________________Environment Specular shading > Reflected Color_________________________________________________________________________________________________Alpha Layered Texture Attributes > Alpha_________________________________________________________________________________________________Glow Special Effects > Glow_________________________________________________________________________________________________Reflection Specular shading > Reflectivity_________________________________________________________________________________________________Image Common Material Attributes > Color (RMB) >

Create new Texture_________________________________________________________________________________________________Sampling File Attributes > Filter Type_________________________________________________________________________________________________Multiple Material Tags on object Hypershade > Create Materials > Layered Shader_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Attributes > Coordinates 2d Texture Placement Attributes_________________________________________________________________________________________________Tile Wrap U, Wrap V_________________________________________________________________________________________________Tile X, Tile Y Repeat UV_________________________________________________________________________________________________Length X, Length Y Coverage_________________________________________________________________________________________________Offset X, Offset Y Translate Frame or Offset_________________________________________________________________________________________________Tools > Texture / Texture Axis Interactive Placement_________________________________________________________________________________________________Projection Create new Texture > As Projection (checkbox)_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Setup_________________________________________________________________________________________________Bone Skeleton > Joint Tool_________________________________________________________________________________________________Anchor Tag / IK Tag / Kinematic Tag Skeleton > IK Handle Tool_________________________________________________________________________________________________Constraint Tag Attributes > Limit Information_________________________________________________________________________________________________Restriction Tag Skin > Edit Smooth Skin > Paint Skin Weights Tool_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Contraints and Expressions_________________________________________________________________________________________________Target Expression Constrain > Aim_________________________________________________________________________________________________Xpresso Expression Window > Connection Editor

(Direct connection between Attributes)_________________________________________________________________________________________________Coffee Expression Window > Animation Editor > Expression Editor_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Particles_________________________________________________________________________________________________Emitter Particles > Create Emitter_________________________________________________________________________________________________Attractor Particles > Goal_________________________________________________________________________________________________Deflector Particles > Make Collide_________________________________________________________________________________________________Friction Fields > Drag_________________________________________________________________________________________________Gravity Fields > Gravity_________________________________________________________________________________________________Rotation Fields > Vortex_________________________________________________________________________________________________Turbulence Fields > Turbulence_________________________________________________________________________________________________Wind Fields > Air_________________________________________________________________________________________________Particle Shape Particles > Instancer (Replacement)_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dynamics_________________________________________________________________________________________________Rigid Body Dynamic Tag Soft / Rigid Bodies > Create Active / Passive Rigid Body_________________________________________________________________________________________________Gravity Fields > Gravity_________________________________________________________________________________________________Drag Fields > Drag_________________________________________________________________________________________________Wind Fields > Air_________________________________________________________________________________________________RSB Draw Tool (Rigid Body Springs) Soft / Rigid Bodies > Create Constraint >

Constraint Type: Spring_________________________________________________________________________________________________Rigid Body Solver Settings Solvers > Rigid Body Solver_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Soft Body Spring Tag Soft / Rigid Bodies > Create Soft Body_________________________________________________________________________________________________Set Soft Mass ParticleShape > General Control Attributes >

Dynamics Weight_________________________________________________________________________________________________Initialize Soft Rest Length SpringShape > Spring Attributes > Rest Length_________________________________________________________________________________________________

DEFINITION CINEMA 4D M A Y A

Viewport Commands_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Viewport Options View Window > Edit > Configure Hotbox or Panel Menu_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Min/Max Toggle PgUp, PgDwn Tap < spacebar >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Arc Rotate 3 + LMB < alt > + LMB_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Pan 1 + LMB < alt > + MMB_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Dolly 1 + RMB_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Zoom 2 + LMB < alt > + LMB + MMB_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Zoom Region (Magnify) < m > + LMB < alt + ctrl > + LMB_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Frame Selected Elements < s > < f >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Frame Scene < h > < a >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Zoom Extends All < o > < shift + a >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________View Undo ctrl + shift + z < [ >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________View Redo ctrl + shift + y < ] >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Change Views View > Cameras Hotbox or Panel Menu_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Object Selection and Display_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Live Selection < 9 > < q >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Select Object by Name Window > Object Manager Windows > Outliner

or < shift + F1 >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Select and Move < e > < w >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Select and Rotate < r > < e >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Select and Scale < t > < r >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Smooth and Highlights View > Display > Gouraud Shading < 5 >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Wireframe View > Display > Wireframe < 4 >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Transforms_______________________________________________________________________________________________________X Axis Lock / Unlock < x > Channel Box > RMB on Axis >

Lock Selected_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Y Axis Lock / Unlock < y > Channel Box > RMB on Axis >

Lock Selected_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Z Axis Lock / Unlock < z > Channel Box > RMB on Axis >

Lock Selected_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Pivot Position Tools > Object Axis (toggle pivot mode)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Transform Type-in Window > Coordinate Manager Channel Box or Numeric Input Field

or < shift + F7 >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Snap Window > Snap Settings < x > (Grid), < c > (Curve),

or < shift + F8 > < v > (Point)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Playback Controls_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Play Animation < F8 > < alt + v >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Next Frame < g > < alt + . >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Previous Frame < f > < alt + , >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tools and Windows_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Materials Window > Material Manager Window > Rendering Editors >

or < shift + F2 > Hypershade_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Objects Window > Object Manager Window > Outliner

or < shift + F1 >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Structure Window > Stucture Manager Window > General Editors >

Component Editor_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Attributes Window > Attribute Manager Attribute Editor

or < shift + F5 >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Tools Window > Active Tool Manager Tool Settings

or < shift + F9 >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Components Tools Menu Select by Component Type_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

File and Scene_______________________________________________________________________________________________________New Scene < ctrl + n > < ctrl + n >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Open File < ctrl + o > < ctrl + o >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Save Scene < ctrl + s > < ctrl + s >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Traversing Hierarchy_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Select Ancestor Arrow Key Up Arrow Key Up_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Select Child Arrow Key Down Arrow Key Down_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

General UI and Menu Settings_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Undo < ctrl + z > < ctrl + z > or < z >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________Redo < ctrl + y > < shift + z >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hotkey Customize Window > Layout > Window > Settings/Preferences >Command Manager Hotkeys_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Preferences < ctrl + e > Window > Settings/Preferences >Preferences_______________________________________________________________________________________________________