Hello Im a student who just started using Maya and its all new to me so if anyone wants to give me any tips on how to better understand and use Maya that would be great
One of the best things I've run into is the contextual menu.
Say you want to extrude a face...
R-click on object > select Face Mode > L-ckick to select face > SHIFT+R-click for the contextual menu > Extrude face.
If you're in vertex mode, it gives you options for dealing with vertices and so on.
Using SHIFT + R-click will save you from searching through the menus all the time. It will also save you from setting up hotkeys since you may not always be working with your custom setup.
Spend some time playing with the various tools, see what they do, how they work. Ask less broad questions, and give Maya's online manual a read now and again
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Go watch some Maya tutorial vids. Once you have some work, come back here and we'll give you feedback. And read the sticky threads.
Say you want to extrude a face...
R-click on object > select Face Mode > L-ckick to select face > SHIFT+R-click for the contextual menu > Extrude face.
If you're in vertex mode, it gives you options for dealing with vertices and so on.
Using SHIFT + R-click will save you from searching through the menus all the time. It will also save you from setting up hotkeys since you may not always be working with your custom setup.
Just my two-cents.
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Goodluck!