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Creating Mechanical Drawings

Can anybody describe or give any advice to me as it relates to going from creating a design in Maya and then creating mechanical drawings for build...

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by johnksportsmark

21-03-2008|09:49 AM

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3dsmax to maya help?

I know this has been asked before but up until now I haven't needed to so i havent taken notice. How do you export a character rig from 3dsmax to...

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by mr pix.

21-03-2008|06:06 AM

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Moving cluster handles with an object?

Hi, I've got a problem moving the cluster handles with the object I've created. The cluster control the eyelid's blinking. Two are selected in...

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by LauriePriest

20-03-2008|06:43 PM

Replies: 2

Zbrush Displacement to Maya Problems

Hi All, Now I've been racking my brain to try and figure this out and it I've tried everything that I know, but it's not working properly. So, I...

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by mastone

20-03-2008|06:19 PM

Replies: 1

Disorientated axis

Hi, My axis is pointing in all the wrong directions..... Could someone let me know how to fix this please? Thanks, Jo

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by arran

20-03-2008|02:44 PM

Replies: 11

iam an idiot

OMG!!!!! How stupid do i feel. And the light bulb clicks on!!!!

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by scrappy

20-03-2008|09:35 AM

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Rigging a model for presentation

Hi guys, I am new to rigging in maya and i really can't find any links to a good simple skeleton tutorial. I have modeled this creature in Zbrush...

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by scrappy

20-03-2008|08:48 AM

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nice desk

http://www.milk.dk/

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by The Architect

20-03-2008|07:21 AM

Replies: 5

How to make a fluted column...

I'm wondering, how does one make a fluted column in Maya? I saw a couple of very detailed ones at a merchant site and I wanna know the secret! :)

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by The Architect

20-03-2008|07:11 AM

Replies: 12

dissapearing joints?

Hi, Does any one know how I can find shoulder/elbow/wrist joints? the skeleton from his arms has become invisible. I cant work out how to make them...

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by LauriePriest

19-03-2008|09:40 PM

Replies: 7

Newbie help on non linear deformers!

Hi, Im pretty new to Maya (ie just started today) but have tons of Sketchup and Revit experience. Im blown away by Maya it knocks to socks off the...

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by NeoStrider

19-03-2008|08:40 PM

Replies: 1

sandscape

hi there i´m working on a model that is an ice stadium which is filled with tons of sand for the summer to become some sort of bazaar/beach party...

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by digidan

19-03-2008|07:32 PM

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convert to nurbs...

okay, i don't really what i'm doing and i switched from nurbs to polygon to subdiv a few times and now i'd need to intersect 2 surfaces to get a...

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by mastone

19-03-2008|07:11 PM

Replies: 3

smoothing pressing 1,2,3

I'm starting a new model and it shows the guy pressing 1,2,3 for smoothing. His model smooths and when I press the buttons it doesn't smooth my model...

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by Rhetoric Camel

19-03-2008|07:10 PM

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The Warat Tribal Warrior

Yes Kurt- I hope that you are the first to respond to this, anyways I am looking through the tutorial and I am not sure that you show how to Rig...

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by Savnac

19-03-2008|04:48 PM

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Blinking man - how to get eyelashes to follow

Hi, I've got my character blinking using clusters. At the moment his eyelashes don't follow. Which way would be the best to achieve this? I...

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by gubar

19-03-2008|03:17 PM

Replies: 4

Texture-diffuse/bump/spec/color

Hello, i've created a texture in photoshop, but how do i get the bump,spec and diffuse of my texture. If i go to channel on photoshop then i can se...

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by gubar

19-03-2008|12:47 PM

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Stupid question from a green newbie

I cant get these vertex lines to go away? Please look at pic and tell me what i hit to make that happen? Thanks so much. I am doing a crash course...

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by blueox01

19-03-2008|11:58 AM

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occlusion

hey, i was just wondering if anyone has the 'ctrl_occlusion' mental ray shader they can give me, as it doesnt seem to be on the mymentalray.com...

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by wod

19-03-2008|10:14 AM

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question on computers for rendering

So I do all of my maya work at school because fo the 1600x1200 screen resolution. However at home I have 2.5gigs of ram vs the 1 gig here, and my...

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by LauriePriest

18-03-2008|10:37 PM

Replies: 6

Pattern On Surface, Repeating certain pattern on a given Surface.

Hi, There! I'm stuck with modeling a Sphere with frequently repeated patterned holes all over it. Can someone please give me an advice, what...

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by leick

18-03-2008|10:22 PM

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normal color bump displacement maps?

I was wondering if there are any good tutorials on these maps and any other maps there might be in maya. I don't fully understand how to use them and...

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by Rhetoric Camel

18-03-2008|03:03 PM

Replies: 0

feedback

hey guys i have this in WIP but since i havent had a response in ages i thought i'd post here coz i need some c&c on my animation. thnx ...

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by NeoStrider

18-03-2008|01:45 AM

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backface culled on rotate tool?

Hi, as the image shows, the back of the circles on each axis can't be seen. I don't remember changing anything but this is a real pain - anyone...

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by gubar

18-03-2008|01:00 AM

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MMFH Logo - Bad Lightning

Hi there. I did that logo from a illustrator file with the bevel tool. It looks fine but in specific angels of my perspective or camera view I got a...

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