You can change the appearance of object in a view panel in different ways, such as its display mode (shaded, textured, and so on), its wireframe color, and the smoothness of its geometry.
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- What's New in Maya 2026.1
- Maya 2026 Release Notes
- Maya Installation Help
- Getting Started
- Basics
- Basics
- Extended ASCII characters in node and attribute names and scene portability
- 3D coordinates
- Interface overview
- Selecting
- Viewing the Maya scene
- Navigate with the camera in Maya
- Using the ViewCube
- Show or hide objects and components
- Change the display of objects
- Change the view panel background color
- Show, hide, or change the grid
- Display scene information (HUD) in a view panel
- LOD (Level of Detail)
- View rendered and playblast images and animation
- View hotkeys
- Walk through the scene
- Resize the manipulator
- Enter Full screen mode (Windows)
- Create and edit objects
- Transform objects
- Nodes and attributes
- Scene management
- Search for menus, tools, commands, or objects
- Basics Reference
- Managing Scenes, Files, and Projects
- Interoperability
- Flow-connected Capabilities
- USD for Maya
- Modeling
- Animation
- Character Animation
- Character Effects and Environment Building
- Motion Graphics
- Simulation and Effects
- Bifrost for Maya
- Lighting and Shading
- LookdevX
- Rendering
- Arnold for Maya
- Customizing Maya
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Environment Variables
- Scripting
- Technical Documentation