Image plane attributes:

• Looking through camera: The image plane only appears in the camera view in which the image plane is connected.
• In all views: The image plane appears in all views.

Display: Controls how the image plane appears in views and in the rendered image. The default setting is RGBA.

Center:  The position of the center of the image plane (measured in the scene’s linear working unit). Center is not available if Image Plane is Attached to Camera.

Maya 3D Video Tutorial: The video below is intended for beginner students that are attending my 3D Modeling Class and need a quick reminder on how to import and delete image planes in Maya 3D 2012.

Extrude is  the process of creating a 3D surface or shape by sweeping a cross-section or profile along a curve.

The comand Surfaces > Extrude creates a surface by sweeping a profile curve along a path curve.

Maya 3D Video Tutorial: The video below is intended for beginners that have attended my 3D Modeling Class and need a quick reminder on how to use the Extrude command in Maya 3D 2012.

Boolean operations are actions that trim surfaces to create the appearance of a union, intersection, or subtraction between two objects.

• Union booleans – Combines two or more objects and delete the regions that overlap.
• Difference booleans – Combines two or more objects and subtracts the overlapping region from the first object.
•  Intersection booleans – Combine two or more objects and keeps only the regions that overlap.

Maya 3D Video Tutorial: The video below is intended for beginner students that are attending my 3D Modeling Class and need a quick reminder on how to using the Booleans in Maya 3D 2012.

You can use bevel and bevel plus to create an extruded surface with a beveled edge from any curve, including text curves and trim edges.

Maya 3D Video Tutorial: The video below is intended for beginner students that are attending my 3D Modeling Class and need a quick reminder on how to use the the bevel and bevel plus commands in Maya 3D 2012.