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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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Extruding cv curves?

I've drawn a cv curve in the shape of a credit card and I'm trying to extrude the face of it to give it some depth. But I'm not having any luck. ...

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by Bossa

19-05-2007|10:54 PM

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hot keys

Hey everyone, I'm not usually the one to give up and ask very many questions, but I'm stuck. ok, I know if you hold the alt key and hit the arrow...

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by parka

19-05-2007|09:58 PM

Replies: 3

Error: line 1: Can't ungroup leaf-level transforms

hi does anybody know how i can fix this problem it seems that if i want to import .ai files from illustrator into maya i get this error ...

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by parka

19-05-2007|09:56 PM

Replies: 2

Aircraft Carrier

does anyone know of any tutorials for creating an aircraft carrier? i have plenty of pics with differnet angles...but still cant get it started

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by parka

19-05-2007|09:43 PM

Replies: 5

UV mapping

Hi guys, I have been making a sword master dude and practicing low poly modelling. The model so far looks fine. I am now on the UV part of the...

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by parka

19-05-2007|09:39 PM

Replies: 6

Spiderman: The mystery | Page: 1 2

Does anyone know what programs(s) Spiderman was made with?

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by parka

19-05-2007|09:37 PM

Replies: 16

Apache DVD Vid19 Prob.

Hey folks ;) is there anybody else who had the experiance that Moddeling Vid. 19 of the Apache Helicopter DVD is broke in the middle. There...

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by Fabster

19-05-2007|10:23 AM

Replies: 3

backface culling in maya 8

im running maya 8 and tried using backface culling. it took me a couple tries before maya activated backface culling. now im not able to turn it off....

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by mirek03

19-05-2007|09:40 AM

Replies: 5

Vue6 PLE

Guys and Gals Get on over to www.e-onsoftware.com for your VUE6 PLE download. Its 315mb and available with Bit torrent too. Theres no limitiations...

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by publicFunction

19-05-2007|06:48 AM

Replies: 12

Text

I'm looking for advice/tutorials for creating/animating text in Maya. I've looked at the one on the Digital Tutors site, however are there any other...

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by publicFunction

19-05-2007|06:45 AM

Replies: 3

setting mesh to scale of native units.

I never could figure out how to set my mesh to scale. For example If I need my mesh 10 inches. First I start with a new square. I don't have any...

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by Perfecto

19-05-2007|02:46 AM

Replies: 10

grass and wind simulation

i want to set up a scene where theres a tree on a hill and grass around it inside a farm type yard with a barbed wire fence. itll just be a basic...

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by gster123

18-05-2007|06:51 PM

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MJ poly tools

I just downloaded MJ poly tools because I heard that they really helped to speed up workflow. I haven't opened the folder yet, im just meditating on...

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by Jay

18-05-2007|04:31 PM

Replies: 4

Full Sail vs. Junior College!?

Ok the choices in life are upon me, however since I cannot seem to figure out what I want to do I am coming to you guys for advice. Option #1 Get...

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by BadG3r

18-05-2007|07:39 AM

Replies: 5

Rendering Particles...

When i batch render particles in maya 8.5, it doesnt show up in the final rendered animation, and yes i am applying a shader and color and still...

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by BadG3r

18-05-2007|07:16 AM

Replies: 9

A few questions... :D

I have a few questions. Firstly: 1. What is 'bake' (in material terms? I've seen it when I was using basic fur tutorials, but I don't understand)...

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by bobalie

17-05-2007|03:16 PM

Replies: 2

My first skeleton is so special

Yaya, I've just made my first actually (finally) finished human model! I don't care how undetailed he is, hes beautiful to me. I was wondering,...

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by bobalie

17-05-2007|01:57 PM

Replies: 9

Model material?

I was wondering, does anyone think that this picture is model material(worth the time to model it)?

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by bobalie

17-05-2007|12:20 PM

Replies: 3

Laptop

Hey i am getting a new laptop soon and i was wondering how this is for maya... 512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600 and 2 GB ram... soo...

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by starjsjswars

17-05-2007|05:01 AM

Replies: 8

stuck with curves...

ok guys heres what i have, lost all my notes i had on this from class...how do i connect all the CV's? as u can see from my second monitor i had a...

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by spyder99945

17-05-2007|04:23 AM

Replies: 10

How do i...

Is there a way to orient an object based off of another surface? For instance, i have an object that i want to orient one face, with that of another...

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by errethakbe

17-05-2007|01:13 AM

Replies: 2

rotating UV's of polygon in Z -direction

rotating UV's of polygon in Z -direction ---------------------------------------------------- hi , need ur help is there any way to rotate...

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by Jr.Who

17-05-2007|01:03 AM

Replies: 2

Graphics card issue?

I always work in inches because when I work in feet or yards and my objects are larger as I view out the image dissapears, but it will still render....

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