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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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Polygons to Subdiv | Page: 1 2

Hello! When I try to convert my poly mesh to a subdiv, I get an error: "Command polyToSubdiv failed. Open Script Editor for details." Then I...

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by mmoore5553

19-07-2006|10:14 PM

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iMac

Does anyone know if Maya 7 runs on the new iMac with the Intel chip.? Thanks

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by pbman

19-07-2006|03:43 PM

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Texture Error

Ok so it's actually normal maps ;) I just did the tute on surface sampler and all went well except that normal maps do not view nicely on hardware...

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by SpaceGoat

19-07-2006|03:35 PM

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Uploading Movies etc. Where

When youguys upload a movie or pics, in the W.I.P forum, where do you upload. Your own website or a place where you can upload stuff for free ??

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by t1ck135

19-07-2006|12:46 PM

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lattice info

hi, i would like to know : 1. after applying a lattice to an object, can another object be applied to it? 2. how can i swap geometry into a...

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by publicFunction

18-07-2006|10:58 PM

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skeleton posing problems..

sorry if this seems super elementary but i couldnt find a topic here or in the maya tutorials that covers this. if i pose a leg or arm how can i...

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by nublicon

18-07-2006|05:23 PM

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Motorcycle

I'm making a motorcycle, and i cant figure out how to do the disk brakes or rims so that they have some circular holes in them. does anyone know how...

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by pbman

18-07-2006|04:49 PM

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Single object x-rayed?

*One* of my objects seems to be x-rayed... while the rest aren't. Even by toggling x-ray on and off I can't seem to get it to switch to regular...

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by Trasendil

18-07-2006|02:39 PM

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UN-KEYING A FRAME IN KEYFRAME

Houston, we have a problem... I have this litle animation of mine and I have set some keys, but in a certain time window, I set far too many. When I...

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by NeoStrider

18-07-2006|01:49 PM

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just a noob q bout mental ray

hey i have maya (duh)... does it automatically have mental ray or do i have to download/purchase it somewhere? thanks for asnwering even though...

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by Lt Jim

18-07-2006|01:40 PM

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Booleans problem (in Cartoon Dog tut.)

Hello! I'm following the Cartoon Dog tutorial of Simply Maya and in the part 3, when I try to make an (boolean) union between the tail and the body...

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by Sepraud

18-07-2006|01:27 PM

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Settings Preferences Not Saved

Hi all, Got a niggling little problem, the units in maya are set to inches whenever i open it up so i constantly have to change it to centimetres....

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by raysullivan

18-07-2006|10:48 AM

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awesome

Dude. Im new at Maya, and was wondering HOW does this guy do the texture?? is it something u draw and then use as a UV ? please if somebody...

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by junkyBob

18-07-2006|05:47 AM

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gizmo scale problem..

i am having a problem with my gizmo (move, scale, rotate tool) not fitting in the window i am working in when working with my mesh. with the move...

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by esion

18-07-2006|03:38 AM

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grouping in maya vs shocwave

If anybody rembers awhile ago, I had mentioned that I am building a racing game which will be played on the shockwave3D engine. My problem that I now...

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by junkyBob

18-07-2006|12:02 AM

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cool ty

ty for the link. But which kind of ship do they stand under ?

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by Grev_Mivlos

17-07-2006|09:37 PM

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i cant think of a project

does anyone have any ideas? iva already done a greyhound and a chess set, what should i do now, (ive actvey ly useing the program for about 2 weeks)...

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by Furry Fury

17-07-2006|06:53 PM

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cant undo at all

well i make changes and mess up and try to undo and maya does nothing. I am not sure what has went wrong. PC died and i set everything back up like...

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by Furry Fury

17-07-2006|06:46 PM

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mental ray/ photorealism

i have no idea on how to texture. can any of you guys siggest a link of a tutorial for mental ray for beginners? or photorealism? :p thanks...

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by relikz

17-07-2006|02:45 PM

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X-Ray question

Hi! I have a question, if you can help me please: how can i insert the x-ray button into the custom tab in shelf, i know that for the other buttons...

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by pixelsoul

17-07-2006|10:25 AM

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How to use Final Gather

Im quite new to the whole final gather stuff, so id like someone to kinda give me a breif but very specific explaination on how to use final gather...

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by young_rob18

17-07-2006|05:13 AM

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Convert .ma to .3ds?

Forgive me if this question has already been answered, but I would like to know the simplest way to export geomentry (without texture or animation)...

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