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EXTRUDING EDGE ALONG A PATH

Hi. I am trying to extrude a polygon edge along a curve path. The curve is snapped to the edge, but when I hit extrude maya is extruding along the...

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by Gen

10-05-2009|05:59 PM

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Image linking problem - transferring a project

So I've been trying to email this project to a guy. It contains one UV map..texture.. saved as a .tga file. Before I worked on the assignment I...

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by Chirone

09-05-2009|10:28 PM

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keying an object that is already influenced by an expression

I started on a little animation for my B movie idea Im using a expression to make the spaceship rotate but I also want to attach it to a curve, yet...

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by elephantinc

09-05-2009|04:42 PM

Replies: 3

displaying the move tool

I cannot see my move tool. I select the tool. I select an object. I cannot see the tool. How do I fix this?? Thanks.

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by propertylawyer

09-05-2009|12:42 AM

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Astronomy modeling and Spaceship modeling

Ok, My name is Steve Prud'Homme. I'm a new maya user. I'm interested to do astronomical modelisation : Planets, Asteroids, Comet and also Nebula,...

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by gster123

08-05-2009|08:44 PM

Replies: 3

Nice demo reel stuff

Check out the student demo reels from the think tank. All I can say is WOW I feel like a two year old with a crayon compared to these guys! ...

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by ctbram

06-05-2009|02:28 AM

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attatching nurb surfaces

I have made a simple tube by lofting two circular curves. I have then filled in the each end of the tube by selecting the end isoparm and doing a...

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by mirek03

04-05-2009|10:12 PM

Replies: 2

Fantastic Contraption

This game from bored.com had me going from 11pm-3:30am without noticing the time, I became addicted, maybe it took me so long because I'm not smart,...

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by Joopson

04-05-2009|09:46 PM

Replies: 3

Broken Simplify Curve...?

Hey guys, great to be here at my first maya community. ;) On the Graph Editor's Curves->Simplify curve, I have set tolerance values...

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by zyrolasting

04-05-2009|05:59 PM

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Maya 8.5 PLE?

Hi, Recently, this computer had a whole bunch of blue screens due to some driver error that I couldn't fix, so I reformatted the hard drive (after...

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by monkey99

04-05-2009|08:51 AM

Replies: 9

Your thoughts on the leaked X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Page: 1 2

Some one will be fired thats for sure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7978379.stm I went over my mates last night as he needed to...

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by Jay

03-05-2009|06:53 PM

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i WAS going to show you my new setup but... | Page: 1 2

all my games and consoles have been stolen my dad was home, he was sleeping because he was on night shift, and i'm VERY VERY GLAD that he's not...

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by The Architect

03-05-2009|07:15 AM

Replies: 18

MAYA PLE...is not AVAILABLE anymore!

has autodesk suspended the PLE versions of MAYA frm their 2009 version? In their web site there is only 30 days trial present.Though it has Linux...

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by stwert

02-05-2009|03:40 PM

Replies: 5

animation - add 30 secs to timeline

is there a way I can add thirty seconds at the beginning of the timeline and have all previous animation pushed back.

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by ColdWave

02-05-2009|07:50 AM

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movie file as an opacity map in maya08'

so yeh, the title pretty much sums it up, basically my idea is to have a face appear in smoke and start speaking... I would like to use a...

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by goronpie

02-05-2009|05:46 AM

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metal shader needed PLease

I am in desperate need of an aluminum shader for a motorcycle frame...It is fro school I would be most gratefull if anyone could provide me with one...

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by Soulrider911

02-05-2009|04:35 AM

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MachStudio Pro demos May 5, 7, and 13

MachStudio Pro is stand-alone, visualization and rendering software that lets 3D artists create and manipulate lights, materials, and HDR cameras in...

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by firebird

01-05-2009|08:12 PM

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London Meet Up | Page: 1 2

Hello SM, A friend of mine is trying to organise a creative meet up of people in London. it will be sometime in May i think. I was wondering if...

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by honestdom

01-05-2009|04:07 PM

Replies: 15

Using 2 cameras in an animation

Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to create a keyframed animation in maya with 2 cameras' I want the animation to be viewed from one...

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by Raf1k1

01-05-2009|04:07 PM

Replies: 10

Game development

Hi, my friends i'm currently working with 1 3D artist, 1 programmer on a game that we develop. We have world map , basic story and a lot of models to...

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by ColdWave

01-05-2009|02:59 PM

Replies: 7

Smoothing normals

I have got a short and sweet question: how do you smooth normals in Maya. Thank you in advance

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by Dango77

01-05-2009|02:39 AM

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Define Custom Shader defaults?

Hi I have a few maya shaders I would like to be loaded by default into all my scenes...How do I go about this? thanks so much

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by Soulrider911

01-05-2009|02:36 AM

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Maya hair + MR+FG + Phys Sun/Sky = Problem!

I'm trying to render a scene with maya hair, using mental ray with final gathering and mental ray in-build function to create a physical sun/sky. But...

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by gster123

30-04-2009|02:32 PM

Replies: 2

shatter effect?

Hey guys,. I have a shot that i need an object shattering. My character interects with this object and is therefore keyframed. I duplicated it and...

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by Chirone

30-04-2009|07:33 AM