Set Scene Axes

• Move the scene so that the scene 0,0,0 origin is in a logical place, preferably one that can be surveyed easily.

• Create a scene parent node. This will show up at the Maya origin.

• Parent all of the scaled and rotated geometry/camera chunks to it.

• Modify->Freeze Transformations to reset all of the scene objects translations/rotations to zero.

Lock Camera Axes

• Display->Hide->All, then Display->Show->Cameras.

• Select all the cameras, open the Channel box (Ctrl-A once or twice)

• Highlight all translations and rotations, right click, and select Lock Selected. This way, you won’t accidentally move one of the aligned cameras during the modeling process.

• Display->Show->All to return the view.

Combine Meshes

• Select the first chunk’s meshes inside their transform, and do Mesh->Combine to make them one piece. Rename this object to match the chunk.

• Do the same for the other chunks’ meshes.

Set Scene Scale

Create a polygon object 200 units high, and place it in the scene near a doorway. 200 cm is about 6’5″, so you can see whether your doorways are correctly sized.

If the scene needs to be larger, scale it up from the root parent node.