3DS MAX VOCABULARY AND
DEFINITION TEST
Active time segment - ANSWER Total range of frames that you can access
using the time slider
Antialiasing - ANSWER Improves image quality by smoothing such internal
image edges
Ambient color - ANSWER Color of an object where it is in shadow
Animation - ANSWER Based on a principle of human vision, a series of
related still images in quick succession perceived as a continuous motion
Attenuation - ANSWER Objects far from the light source appear darker than
objects near the source
Bezier curve - ANSWER Defined by many vertices, each vertex is controlled
by 2 other points that control the endpoint
Boolean operation - ANSWER Combines 2 or more objects by performing a
logical operation on their geometry
Diffuse color - ANSWER Color that an object reflects when illuminated by
direct daylight or artificial light
Editable Poly - ANSWER Type of deformable object, polygonal mesh, uses
more than 3-sided polygons
Face/Polygon - ANSWER Planar objects that fill in the gaps between edges in
the object structure
Fillet - ANSWER Arc connecting 2 curves, controlled by the objects it
connects
DEFINITION TEST
Active time segment - ANSWER Total range of frames that you can access
using the time slider
Antialiasing - ANSWER Improves image quality by smoothing such internal
image edges
Ambient color - ANSWER Color of an object where it is in shadow
Animation - ANSWER Based on a principle of human vision, a series of
related still images in quick succession perceived as a continuous motion
Attenuation - ANSWER Objects far from the light source appear darker than
objects near the source
Bezier curve - ANSWER Defined by many vertices, each vertex is controlled
by 2 other points that control the endpoint
Boolean operation - ANSWER Combines 2 or more objects by performing a
logical operation on their geometry
Diffuse color - ANSWER Color that an object reflects when illuminated by
direct daylight or artificial light
Editable Poly - ANSWER Type of deformable object, polygonal mesh, uses
more than 3-sided polygons
Face/Polygon - ANSWER Planar objects that fill in the gaps between edges in
the object structure
Fillet - ANSWER Arc connecting 2 curves, controlled by the objects it
connects
