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Minecraft

Anyone play it? I started playing it about 2 months ago and I'm totally addicted. I haven't gotten very far because I keep screwing up my pit...

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by Acid44

21-05-2011|04:51 AM

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Scaled Amphibian ZBrush Sculpt

Hi folks. I thought I should post this here rather than the wip section as I havnt really used Maya for this, but Ive been doing this little bit by...

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by ben hobden

21-05-2011|01:41 AM

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Subdivision Caps

Hey guys. When i try to scale an edge, which i did inside a cylinder polygon (setting Subdivision caps to 2), the whole cylinder form is scaling....

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by MikkelSL

20-05-2011|06:13 PM

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GENERAL TIPS FOR MAYA NEWBIES

I would like to make a separate thread for the newbies with some very very basic tips...., like which format its better to save Maya projects in....,...

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by me2011

20-05-2011|11:07 AM

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Software that sucks

Just having a little gripe, is there any software (or part of)that makes you say why did they do that whats the point. A lot of the times I say it...

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by Chirone

20-05-2011|01:21 AM

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Light bulb

Hi Guys, whats the best way to make a glowing light bulb in maya? Should I make the glass bulb then put a point light inside it or Make a glass...

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by daverave

18-05-2011|04:24 PM

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Keep animation after deleting deformer

Hello, I created a school of fish, and animated them by creating a curve and attaching the meshes to the curve by using the Wiretool. I modified...

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by Stannoman

18-05-2011|02:40 PM

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maya snapping

hello, there are two quick tools i used in max, but i cant seem to find an alternative in maya. 1st- allows the verts to move but only along...

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by chilledoutredhead

18-05-2011|01:10 PM

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how to make colinear vertices

I may have asked this before so forgive me. In the attached image you will see the red circled verts...I want to pick the 2 blue verts and get the...

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by bullet1968

18-05-2011|12:56 PM

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Evidence of the termination of our software

I've just come to a distressing conclusion. According to Google and other reputable sources of information, this latest release of autodesk's popular...

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by Acid44

18-05-2011|02:58 AM

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edge loop messing up geometry

hey i was wondering does placing an edge loop effect the geometry compared to using the split polygon tool? i notice that somethimes when i place an...

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by chilledoutredhead

17-05-2011|10:27 PM

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Frustrated with Maya, contemplating divorce.

Okay, not really contemplating divorce. But I will say I'm fairly new to Maya and animation, and I'm committed to making this relationship work,...

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by chilledoutredhead

17-05-2011|04:46 PM

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Deform in Maya

Good day I am a Maya newbie and battling to deform a nurbs surfaces to resemble a mountian, I have tried the sculpt tool but it just doesn't look...

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by SimplyMarc

17-05-2011|10:36 AM

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Maya files suddenly loading with 'z' as up axis?

Hello Maya community. I'm back with another silly question. I'm not sure what I did, but suddenly most of my maya files are loading with the up...

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by SoftIce

16-05-2011|11:43 PM

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When Maya keeps crashing?

What do you do when Maya keeps crashing? I am currently using Maya 2012. I have lowered the resolution on my screen, turned off anti-aliasing and...

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by shwenkerbean

16-05-2011|07:44 PM

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Can’t find “Selection Mask Options”

I’m working from a book tutorial and the book wants me to “turn off Surface Selection” in the “Selection Mask Options”. I’ve looked everywhere but...

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by Ozgalis

16-05-2011|03:13 PM

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updating a rig

is there a way to update a master rig for a large number of characters using smooth bind without painting weights again?

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by LauriePriest

16-05-2011|09:07 AM

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lighting on objects

Hi i am wondering if anyone knows a technique to disallow an object from receiving light. I only want my light source to shine on one object but not...

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by choo

15-05-2011|11:03 AM

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Well, someone thinks there are loads of jobs!

Interesting read...! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13354845

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by halfloaf

14-05-2011|09:11 AM

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cluster deformation

Hi, i faced this problem since i started learning maya. Whenever i created a cluster to control a block of vertexs or lattice points, when i parented...

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by choo

14-05-2011|12:57 AM

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rocket takeoff question

i have modelled a rocket and i would like to make a realistic take of would i go about doing this by using dynamics or maybe a 3d fluidbox? any ideas...

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by Ataraxy

13-05-2011|05:28 PM

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Modeling Bandage

Hello Guys, I need help with something very difficult. I have started a movie project alone and i really need help with modeling bandage. I...

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by shwenkerbean

13-05-2011|04:36 PM

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Disappearing Geometry on Render

Hello all. I haven't been working with Maya for a while and had a client ask me to help them with a visual simulation of a wind turbine farm. I was...

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by shwenkerbean

13-05-2011|04:27 PM

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propeller animation

hey guys i really want to make a propeller or a plane look like its going really fast, almost like that solid circle you them turn into on real...

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by chilledoutredhead

12-05-2011|08:27 AM