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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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how do I download?

Hey, i see a "download" page,but no full instalation. help?:confused:

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by shadowking420

21-02-2007|10:22 AM

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Does the 3ds lattice tool exist in Maya?

I'm looking for something that would do what the 3ds lattice tool does (turn the edges of a polygon into tubes) but in Maya. Does anyone know if such...

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by shadowking420

21-02-2007|09:05 AM

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Trouble in creating blend shapes

i m trying to create a face blend shape for my polygon model but i keep getting the error tht no deformable objects selected.... i cant seem to...

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by mirek03

21-02-2007|08:42 AM

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xexporter 8.5

xexporter 8.5 Has anyone been able to get there hands on the 8.5 compiled version. I have what I need to compile it but I'm not good enough with...

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by ulaoulao

21-02-2007|03:10 AM

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Export woes...

I'm trying to export to autocad, but when I do I get a message saying: "Warning: two items found when one was expected" then the program pretty...

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by evelyne

20-02-2007|07:37 PM

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change script path

my system here is set up on a virtual my documents path. Maya seems to have issues with this. I cant for the life of me figurer out how to change the...

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by ulaoulao

20-02-2007|07:31 PM

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I need help

I just started trying maya 8 out. Im working on a mac, but I can't seem to firgure out the isoparms idea? and I can't find how to edit nurbs? I see...

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by lahitmen

20-02-2007|06:44 PM

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vector render problem

whenever I try and vector render anything in my scene it says Error: Set the -height flag to a value between 1 and 1600. ne idea what this means?...

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by rejh2

20-02-2007|05:09 PM

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How do you give lofted polygonal planes thickness?

Yet another weird question from the architecture student... I've lofted some curves together, with the loft tool set to triangular polygons. Now...

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by evelyne

20-02-2007|04:04 PM

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Material ID's

How do you assign material ID's in maya? Thanks

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by hankenb

20-02-2007|02:51 PM

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move tool problem

I don't know how i activated this ..... but when i try to move it moves a lot not smooth .... It moves like on squares ... and i can't model ......

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by ColdWave

20-02-2007|01:51 PM

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duplicating a parented hiarachy?

hello, i want to duplicate a series of objects and mainatin the parenting relationships that I have created between them in the duplicated objects....

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by Falott

20-02-2007|01:28 PM

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Vue 5 easel

I bought vue 5 easel when I first started going to school for 3d animation 2 years ago but I have never used it because I tried mastering maya first....

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by banksta

20-02-2007|06:23 AM

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.ma or .mb?

Hey guys, When you save a scene in Maya it asks you if you want to save it as a .ma (Maya ascii file) or .mb (Maya binary file). Does anyone know...

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by The Architect

20-02-2007|03:15 AM

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Newbie in Maya

Hi im new in maya, and this probably is a stupid question but anyways..what is mental ray and raytracing? are they the same thing or different? im...

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by felhoney

20-02-2007|02:28 AM

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Skies

Hey, I have a good texture to create a realistic looking sky for my scene, but im not sure which is the best way to add the sky to my scene to make...

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by Falott

20-02-2007|12:05 AM

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Cannot Move Verts

Hi I am modeling teeth and I cannot move the verts left or right, I can move them up and down but they wont move left or right. I have an image...

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by Falott

19-02-2007|11:43 PM

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filling hole in NURBS

hey im making an ashtray. I used the subtract tool with some cylinders to create the given shape. now i want to fill the wholes it created. when i...

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by Falott

19-02-2007|11:37 PM

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problem Exporting as mov on mac

hi, i'm very new to maya, and i would be really grateful if someone could give me some advice. I have made my animation, then i went to batch render,...

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by VickStar

19-02-2007|10:34 PM

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Camera Focus

I have two objects, one next to the camera and the other one a little bit away! I want show the relation between the two objects and for that I...

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by publicFunction

19-02-2007|08:38 PM

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Maya 6.5 Manual - Pages Missing?

Hey everybody! I was reading my Maya electronic manual and I noticed in: Using Maya -> Rendering and Render Setup -> Atmosphere -> Fog, Sand,...

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by The Architect

19-02-2007|10:35 AM

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Skin Solver

Maybe this has been talked about before but does anybody know or think Autodesk will ever inclued a dynamic skin solver or for that matter a muscle...

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