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Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

working with nurbs surfaces, cv curves, etc to Polys?

Good day all! I was watching an older Digital Tutors tutorial on modeling an interior. I had a question about specifically when he creates an...

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by srlake314

04-04-2017|04:42 PM

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Displacement_Map_Render

I am getting a strange result when applying a displacement map made in Mudbox to an object in Maya. All the sides of the object pop off. Please see...

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by David

01-04-2017|10:08 PM

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Hello from Modme! I have a problem with rigs...

Hello there! I'm new to the page. BeamSP. Now, I was gonna make a IW7 > T5 conversion rig for Call of Duty: Black Ops/World at War, and my guess is...

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by Jay

27-03-2017|10:22 AM

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Saving meshes

Hi, Newb in training and as I learn I wanted to post my props as freebies on several sites like Renderosity. If I save as OBJ more people can use...

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by dimeolas

27-03-2017|05:33 AM

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Workflow

Just want to find out if my thinking is correct. I am modelling and UVing in Maya, taking it into Substance Painter 2 to texture, and either Bake...

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by dimeolas

27-03-2017|05:32 AM

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Animation Advice

A great article/interview from Animation Mentor of a colleague of mine from Framestore and ILM ...

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by Jay

22-03-2017|01:13 PM

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Dr Strange VFX reel - Framestore

Hey Boys n Girls I really felt the need to share this with you. Not because of the fact that its what I do on a daily basis, but really because I...

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by Jay

19-03-2017|10:04 PM

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Video on this site

Hi, As some of you know we've just introduced a new streaming platform here i'd very much like to hear from you if your having any kind of issues...

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by David

17-03-2017|12:12 AM

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XGen Frame Animation

Hello at all! I made some XGen Archives with Animation. I want them to be animated along the timeline. But nothing happens and only changing the...

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by Mayastatic1984

16-03-2017|07:48 PM

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Merge two Alembic caches

It's me again. Yet, with another annoying question! I am looking for a way to merge two Alembic caches into one. They are both from the same...

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by GeorgiStamenov

16-03-2017|05:23 PM

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Trial subscriptions.

My apologies to anyone that's had an issue over the last couple of days. The system is now back online and you can now sign up should you want to. ...

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by David

16-03-2017|02:29 PM

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Vibrating script

Hey guys, I am looking for a script that can help me make an phone to vibrate! Does anyone know if there is such thing!? I want to make a...

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by GeorgiStamenov

13-03-2017|02:43 PM

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Baaabiess! Sorta tricky probs - need to "batch" cleanup on alembic sequence

I've sincerely looked everywhere for a solution! :playfull::playfull::playfull: I need to use cleanup and reduce for a mesh on every frame of an...

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by josephbeuys

09-03-2017|06:32 AM

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Announcement: D3CRYPT3D Nominated as Finalist for SXSW Innovation Awards

Hey There! I want to thank everyone who has been keeping tabs on our product D3CRYPT3D. We have had many major developments occur in the past few...

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by d3crypt3d

05-03-2017|01:02 AM

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Strange light artefacts rendering mesh

Hello, first time poster and new maya user here. I have been working on a project for a while, helping my father. What we want to do is add 3d...

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by Jay

23-02-2017|12:32 PM

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Maya 2016 Render Settings

Hello, I'm trying to render in Maya 2016(Mac OS X Yosemite) as quicktime *mov and I want to access the Compression box. But I'm pressing the...

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by goliathmaroof

23-02-2017|11:37 AM

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Blending surface colours as if they were light.

Hello I am very new To Maya but can get myself around. Basically I would like to know how to make the colour change from one side to the other. E.G....

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by Lone Dingo

22-02-2017|08:51 AM

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Whats next on the list

HI All I am just wondering what Dave is working on to deliver next. Really miss the tutorials. Some great stuff comes out of SM :) Please...

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by David

14-02-2017|01:22 PM

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Chrome objects disappear when rendered

Hello, I seem to be having a problem with my chrome objects. Whenever I apply chrome to a certain object and take a render shot, the chromed object...

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by David

14-02-2017|12:24 PM

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fighting depression and getting back in shape | Page: 1 2

Hi Guys, it's been a while, since I last posted anything, I've been dealing with a lot of inner demons, it doesn't help that life keeps kicking...

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by dimeolas

12-02-2017|07:32 PM

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Maya 2017 Tutorial: Cloth Flag Simulation

In this tutorial I show you how to create a flag and apply a cloth simulation with wind forces to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ2aysUQvJw...

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by ruanlotter

10-02-2017|03:02 PM

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Isolate Select problem...

I have a polygonal mesh and would like to isolate a few faces to make it easier to see my image plane. When I click on 'show>isolate select>view...

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by sampson01

10-02-2017|03:11 AM

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How do you "re-cycle" object rotation every 360 degrees?

I have a rotary control rig that works like a dial. The problem is that when the dial rotates past 360 degrees on its axis, the channel keeps adding...

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by MoshiB9865

06-02-2017|10:05 PM

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Mash Trails Flickering

Hello. I started to use mash recently and I found this annoying problem. If I add the MASH_Trails node , connect by distance, no matter what settings...

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by gabriel12m

04-02-2017|04:33 PM

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Why are my objects partially disappearing?

I put all my objects in a group and then selected the group and scaled it up, but now when im far away or moving around, changing my persective,...

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