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Fluid Shading Frequency Problem

Hey yall, I've encountered a problem regarding the frequency attribute under the shading tab for fluids. No matter what value I enter, the result...

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by colemeister14

02-08-2013|05:47 AM

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2014 mental ray issues

Hey All I have a project that was first created in 2013, but I took it into 2014, so of course now 2013 doesnt "see" the file, so I have had to...

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by srlake314

31-07-2013|07:10 PM

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Deleting an Attribute in the Attribute Editor

:help: in the previous versions of maya, when there is a node that i don't want in an object, i just go to the attribute editor, click the tab of...

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by colemeister14

26-07-2013|08:30 PM

Replies: 2

Maya Playblast Storage Problem

Hi guys, this has been really bugging me lately. I've discovered that when I playblast a scene, which is quite frequently, my hard drive space gets...

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by colemeister14

26-07-2013|08:18 PM

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texture issue pls help

I am trying to texture a simple box in maya, so I saved out the uv snapshot and applied a texture to it in photoshop, and saved it as a jpeg, but...

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by daverave

25-07-2013|10:48 AM

Replies: 10

Can't download people for my scene!

:help:I want to insert figures into my scene. I really need business people. They are so expensive and before I purchase some from Creative Crash I...

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by clocker1

17-07-2013|11:31 PM

Replies: 1

painting weight problem

i have a little problem, which seems to be happening all over the model. Basically i am starting to add weight to the model and i am getting a...

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by Acaredia

16-07-2013|05:58 PM

Replies: 2

Maya Crashes

Hi! When I try to open my scene Maya just stops working and I must stop it from the Task Manager. This happens to a one scene only. I don't know if...

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by NextDesign

16-07-2013|03:06 AM

Replies: 11

Problem with FBX and "non-orthogonal matrix support"

Hi everyone, I have a big problem (in Maya 2011) that I hope someone can figure out. I have this rig of a crow that a project partner and I...

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by BldRnr

06-07-2013|03:41 PM

Replies: 1

Bizzare mesh deformation when exporting

Whenever I try to export this model (it does this with other models too, but not so obvious), it... well, take a look for yourselves... Before...

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by BldRnr

01-07-2013|02:42 PM

Replies: 2

Set Driven Keys Problem

Hey Guys, I was hoping for a little help. I'm Currently rigging a character for my uni assessment and trying to set up a relationship between my...

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by BldRnr

30-06-2013|07:00 PM

Replies: 4

Rendering always turns out black (almost)

First of all hi, I'm new here and fairly new to maya I have finished my 3d biped model for a uni course. The only problem is it wont render. The...

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by PixalZA

28-06-2013|04:12 PM

Replies: 9

How to i disable this in maya??

ive got this annoying tab thats always open and i want to close it but i cant http://gyazo.com/ad10d39222f66ae53dcf06684f021f6c the shapes...

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by Acid44

20-06-2013|02:41 AM

Replies: 2

Maya 14, Image sequence/avi as texture :'( please help!

i'm really losing my temper gone through thousands of forums and different techniques and found no help! (i have tried avi, image sequence in Tiff,...

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by David

05-06-2013|09:29 PM

Replies: 5

Water Particles No Longer Appearing

This was working not long ago but i moved some stuff around and now it doesn't and i've followed the lynda tutorial to the exact points, help please?...

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by jackaginc

05-06-2013|07:51 PM

Replies: 2

Texture black hole

Hi, I am using maya 2013. I have created a 500000 polygon model. Since it's creation, extensive tweaking of the geometry has been done. I have cut...

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by daverave

31-05-2013|08:30 AM

Replies: 1

CTRL + S won't work

all of a sudden the hot key (CTRL + S) won't work. All other hot key commands seem to work fine. What to do? I'm ignorant (and somewhat new,...

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by leo76

23-05-2013|11:08 AM

Replies: 4

Mental Ray crashing scene?

Hello. I have modeled and set up a kitchen scene that I am ready to render. Maya 2013 renders the kitchen with the Maya Software, but when I...

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by JustMcCollum

10-05-2013|04:15 PM

Replies: 7

Empty Maya Shelves

Has anyone ever come across empty maya shelves? I'll set up a shelf and get ready to animate, only to find out the shelf is empty the next time I...

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by Gen

09-05-2013|07:36 PM

Replies: 1

Changing colors off viewport text

I'm wondering if it is possible to change the color of the viewport text. Standard it is green, but for me hard to see on the dark background. ...

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by GuusJ

05-05-2013|02:57 PM

Replies: 2

Maya 2008 Compatibility

Please, is there anyone out there who could let me know how well Maya 2008 plays with Windows 7 or 8. I am thinking of switching from XP Pro to...

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by David

30-04-2013|06:20 PM

Replies: 2

Bridge Question

Hi, I have a question on the bridge tool and I'm going to use a cube as an example. Why does this happened when you smooth it? It looks like when...

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by Juanpax

25-04-2013|02:20 AM

Replies: 14

Manipulator doesn´t move (not locked)

Hallo, I´ve got a strange problem... After modeling some time in Maya (at the moment mostly split poly tool...) suddenly I can´t move the...

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by patilein

22-04-2013|04:22 PM

Replies: 0

Corrupted File Help?

Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct place to post, but I was hoping someone could look at a corrupted file. Stupid me forgot to save for about 5...

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by gazelda

22-04-2013|03:46 AM

Replies: 2

Rendered images turn out black

Hi everyone! I'm new here so please let me know if I've accidentally broken any rules. Hi guys, I'm a university student and novice animator who's...

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