No. of Printed Pages: 8 IBNM-OOll
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN 3D ANIMATION AND
VISUAL EFFECTS
Term-End Theory Examination
June, 2016




BNM-001 ANIMATION PRODUCTION PIPELINE
Time: 3 hours MaximumMarks: 100 (Weightage
Note: Attempt all questions.
The following section has objective type questions. Select the right answer. Each question carnes 2 marks.

1. In 3ds Max Particle Flow, the flow sends particles from to using tests. 2

event,operator

operator, event

event, event

2. In 3ds Max Particle Flow, the particle flow components are subdivided into three main categories: Operators, Flows and

Nodes

Tests

Connections

3. In 3ds Max Particle Flow, the Birth operator should not exist at the top of the birth event. 2

True

False

4. In 3ds Max, Particle Flow's operator lets you store all or part of a particle animation in memory or to a file. 2

store

save

cache

5. In 3ds Max Particle Flow, the particle flow source is the for each flow, and also serves as the default 2

viewport icon, emitter

emitter, viewport icon

None of the above

6. In 3ds Max Particle Flow, the basic function of a test in particle flow is to determine whether the· particles satisfy one or more conditions, and if so, make them unavailable for sending to another event. 2

True

False

7. In 3ds Max Particle Flow, the rotation operator gives an angular velocity to the particles in an event, with optional random variation. 2

True

False

8. The speed operator works on an instantaneous basis. It sets each particle's speed once only, when it enters the event. 2

True

False

9. To use Particle Age Map, which operator will be used? 2

Material Dynamic

Material Static

Mapping

10. Which one of the following test operators checks whether a specific amount of time has passed since the start of the animation? 2

Life Test

Life Span

Age Test

11. Find target operator can't be used without any target geometry. 2

True

False

12. Which deflector type is not supported by collision spawn test? 2

Deflector

Dynaflect

UDeflector

13. In Maya, springs are used to give soft bodies and groups of particles to external structure. 2

True

False

14. In Maya Dynamics, surface emitters emit particles from random, evenly distributed positions on the faces of NURBS or polygonal surfaces. 2

inner

outer

normal

15. In Maya Dynamics, the connection between the emitter and emitted particle object is not a spatial relationship. 2

True

False

16. In Maya Dynamics, a goal can be any object except a surface. 2

Subdiv

NURBS

Curve on

17. In Maya Dynamics, you can't add a goal to individual particles of the particle object. 2

True

False

18. In Maya Dynamics, you can use the Relationships Editor to reassign collisions between particles and rigid bodies or soft bodies. 2

Collision

Particle

Dynamic

19. In Maya, Motion blur is not supported for hardware particle rendering in mental ray. 2

True

False

20. In Maya, the particle cloud shader is a material that you can assign to particles with a cloud render type to achieve
effects such as gas or clouds. 2

layered

lambert

volume

21. In Maya Dynamics, the particle tool lets you create and position particles individually or in grids or region. 2

spherical

cubical

square

22. In Maya Dynamics, attributes are attributes the particle object has by default. 2

dynamic

motion

static

23. In Maya Dynamics, you can add as per particle rgbPP attribute. All particles in the object use the same colour. 2

True

False

24. In Maya, you can give nParticles a lifespan to make them disappear from the scene after they reach a specified 2

time

frame

age

25. In Maya, 2D fluids inherently require extra data to define them, which can make them very large. 2

True

False

26. In RealFlow, RealWave mesh can be influenced by daemons. 2

True

False

27. In RealFlow, which of the following options acts like a constraint between two objects? 2

Multi Servo

Multi Body

Multi Joint

28. In RealFlow, daemon is used to define a lifespan for the particles and remove them when this limit is reached. 2

K Life

K Age

K Time

29. With the emitters you can create filaments from an object's vertices in RealFlow. 2

fill volume

fibers

bitmap

30. In RealFlow, standard geometry scale value for any object exported from 3ds Max should be 2

0.1

0.01

1.0

Answer the following questions with detailed diagrams /flow charts. Each question carries 10 marks.

31. Explain the production process involved in creating a "Fountain" with particles in 3ds Max. 10

32. Describe the production process involved in creating a group of bees roaming around a honeycomb with the help of Maya particles. 10

33. Describe the production process and integration between Maya/Max and RealFlow for the following examples 10

Pouring milk in pot

Honey falling down on a spoon

34. Define the Gravity field and Drag field in Maya and explain their usage in brief. 10