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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.

Maya Tutorial Books (Are they still worth the investment?)

Greetings Everyone! I come seeking advice. So, something I have been debating is if I should get some Maya tutorial books. The idea behind this is...

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by ChadJKosch

26-04-2015|09:47 AM

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How to copy rendering preferences only.

I know all the settings are stored in the PREFS folder. But I recently reset it and lost all of my Rendering presets. I have a older back up of my...

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by WorldXeno

26-04-2015|02:53 AM

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How to match Grid Settings to Mesh?

I have a few models I worked on a long time ago. When I load them in Maya the grid appears as it should. The settings in the grid options however do...

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by WorldXeno

26-04-2015|02:27 AM

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Maya auto created duplicate keys

Good day all! When I opened my scene today I discovered that Maya had created a new extra key at a frame position .11 after a previously made key....

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by chdoyle

23-04-2015|07:58 PM

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Making sharp edge

I have a slight problem. I have been modeling for about year and much more complex things so i don't know why i can't get my head around this. Makes...

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by Nasseseta

23-04-2015|06:01 PM

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Can´t select image of image plane

Heye veryone, I´m using an image plane to make character. Whenever I insert my front & side view I can't select them. They have purple borders...

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by zeeshan002

23-04-2015|05:02 AM

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Syntheyes & Maya

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get a tutorial on how to import footage into Syntheyes, 3D track it, and import that into Maya? Thank you in...

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by salik89

21-04-2015|04:43 AM

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Pipeline questions

Hi all, I apologize in advance as my topic is not exactly a Maya-based question, but I am using it for my stuff.. I know that generally in a...

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by salik89

21-04-2015|04:35 AM

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Can I snap vertices to center?

I'm making this character and I just made the foot. I wanted to merge them to center but I remembered that it would make it to 1 whole mesh. Is...

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by nickynacky

20-04-2015|02:37 PM

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Setting Maya to INCHES and matching GRID

I have Maya set to inches but how do I get the grid to display 1x1 inch increments? The grid is still set as units... Length and width: 12 Grid...

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by Gen

20-04-2015|02:10 AM

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Use Background Shader & Animated Image Plane

I am trying to figure out how to work with a movie image plane by adding animated 3D elements into it. As of right now I am trying to figure out...

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by reeja12

18-04-2015|04:49 AM

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Texture has lower details from certain angles

Hi, I am experiencing strange issue, while rendering textures under certain angle. Details are cut in the part of one face, one part looks normal,...

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by Kusras

17-04-2015|08:17 PM

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How to make my model move?

Sorry if this thread looks so easy for you. I just wonder how you animate a model. I made a model, no skeleton whatsoever, very plain model. I wonder...

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by xeagle

17-04-2015|08:09 PM

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changing safe title

hi, I use maya for working out composition and lighting for cover artwork etc. as opposed to film and video animation. Currently, the magazine...

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by se7enhedd

11-04-2015|06:39 PM

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Split Polygon Tool is NOT Working Properly

Hi everyone :help: me , I have problems with Split Polygon Tool in Maya 2012 :furious: . The problem is , it is not recognizing Split only from...

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by NicolusBuck

09-04-2015|04:34 PM

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Slight Problem in building a car

I am currently building the Audi R8 following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymcvjUTf14I I am having a problem from 32:40 to 32:45...

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by S0NOfG0D

05-04-2015|11:25 PM

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How to make blendshapes between meshes with different vertex order?

Hello! I have a question about blendshapes - how to transfer shape of one mesh to another one, if they were made from one the same base figure and...

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by Nixa

05-04-2015|08:37 PM

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Stepped to Linear animation.

Hello and Thank You for looking into my post! I am having some difficulty changing from stepped animation to linear. My professor had us do...

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by Malinil

05-04-2015|02:06 AM

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After a loooong wait

Excited as hell this morning. Received my notification from Pixar. Renderman is available for download 😎 Cannot wait to get home and try it out.

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by halfloaf

04-04-2015|09:09 AM

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Tracking for CG background

Apologies if this is the wrong forum or website completely, but It is kinda Maya related, and i reckon someone on here will have some experience with...

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by newwaysys

03-04-2015|06:45 AM

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knee joint setup In A pose

knee joint setup. -I read on maya wiki to bind in A pose. So my char leg is not align with world axis. -I make a plane of rotation which is a...

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by Musetatron

02-04-2015|04:20 PM

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Object are Black while modeling.

Hi, I am new to maya and I've been trying to modelize a robot. It was going pretty well until some part of my robot were now black. To...

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by nickynacky

28-03-2015|11:40 AM

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Remove blue line (no wireframe) on object please help

hi guy's today another problem. I see some blue line stick to my object(surface) polygon. I can not remove them. looks like wireframe but it is not...

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by seynalkim

28-03-2015|06:36 AM

Replies: 5

Translate tool problem

Can someone help? I'm an animation student and until this semester, I've never used Maya. Anyway, when I select my objects to move, when I move them...

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