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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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Edges showing where they shouldn't

Hello again, any ideas why the edges which should be hidden behind the mesh (w/ solid material, standard lambert) are showing at least partly?...

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by borlag

06-06-2014|10:26 AM

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Renderman

Hi All, Long time no see ( or should I say post ;) ). Not sure if anyone here followed the news but Renderman from Pixar will be free for non...

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by mastone

05-06-2014|07:25 PM

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Sub-Dividing Mesh?

Hello I am new to Maya (using 2014) And I was wondering how to get this look http://gyazo.com/474d3a669d7fb6722ef666fc267a5839 onto my cubes. I think...

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by NextDesign

05-06-2014|04:30 AM

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Maya 2013: Keep faces together extrude bug

Hi all, I deleted my prefs files, doesn't seem to help. (Poly menu) Edit Mesh > (checked) keep faces together > Extrude The 'keep faces...

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by daverave

03-06-2014|11:13 PM

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Small Announcement | Page: 1 2 3

Hey all I thought I would take this opportunity to make an announcement here on Simply Maya as its probably the only 3d related site I actually...

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by Jay

01-06-2014|02:38 PM

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How can I change the selection colors ?

i.e: I have issues seeing the edges when selected. I'd like to change the default selection colors to make selected edges pop more to the eye. I...

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by daverave

31-05-2014|09:48 AM

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Texturer wanted for online short film project

I have been missing here of late as I had to deal with real life stuff. But on my break I have ran into a small little project going on which is a...

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by tweetytunes

28-05-2014|06:20 PM

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I'd like to keep the Output Window in the background...

I'm adjusting color, specularity, transparency and glow on a bubble-like object. I'm making lots of quick renders and deleting, and repeating. The...

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by KELLEY

26-05-2014|05:10 PM

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UV Snapshot error troubleshooting

Hey y'all, got another snapshot problem I need help with. So basically every time I try and take a UV snapshot, I get the "failed to open output...

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by rockandrye

26-05-2014|04:32 PM

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Time Node Issue

Hello, Using the time node in the hypershader, when I use the animation slider the time on the node doesn't change. Do I have to do something to...

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by FrankAnimation

23-05-2014|07:48 PM

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Surfaces from imported illustrator curves

Hey Guys. I've imported a lot of curves from AI, and now a wanna make 3 surfaces from this. One from each "layer" of curves. How can i make a...

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by MikkelSL

22-05-2014|11:35 AM

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Text Creating Question

Okay, sorry if this a silly question but I'm ripping out my hair trying to figure out why the text creator in 2015 is doing this. I'll create some...

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by Millsy01

22-05-2014|07:49 AM

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Fixing UVs after editing geometry

Greetings! I have a 3d-scanned, textured model as a polymesh which I need to fix. Amongst other issues there are these donut-style* holes I need...

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by borlag

21-05-2014|08:51 PM

Replies: 2

transparent object

hello. is there any way to make an object transparent for the specified light? i need to place the sphereLight into an object, so that it lights...

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by mickhah

21-05-2014|01:16 PM

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Selection question

Whenever I try to select a polygon that's either inside or other another polygon, it selects the bigger polygon. For example, I want to select the...

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by JesusPitt

20-05-2014|09:30 PM

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Identifying errors in Maya uv texture editor

I am unwrapping a simple object and need some help. :help: In my texture editor i turned on "shaded uv display" so i can see where my errors are. I...

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by n88tr

19-05-2014|02:54 PM

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Maya 2014 IMF_Disp not opening

Hi, I ran my render for a basic render and then went to: File>Load Render Pass>i.e.diffuse. Now normally, IMF_Disp should open, right? It's...

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by srlake314

19-05-2014|02:44 PM

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n00b here- UV mapping question

Hey y'all, I have a rectangular polygon that I am trying to map. Everything is fine except the proportions of the map are wrong. It comes up as a...

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by jsprogg

19-05-2014|02:38 AM

Replies: 1

(Typewriter) rigging

Hi there! I am currently attempting to rig a typewriter for class, and I've stumbled across some issues, particularly with transformations which I...

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by thebooface

17-05-2014|11:07 PM

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Need a rigger for CG Horror WebSeries

Need a rigger who works on Maya 2014, can skin and rig human characters and have both IK and FK options. Been working on the series since 2012. ...

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by CollinBishop

17-05-2014|03:15 AM

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UV mapping question

Hi i was just wondering is there a particular to layout UV?, because i have been using daz studio and have been studying the UV's and on a character...

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by wendy3112

16-05-2014|11:07 PM

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select tool not working

hey all ... new to this all and i know this is probably something easy but it is killing me. I am trying to follow the tuts and I cant use the...

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by stwert

16-05-2014|06:50 PM

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Connecting displacement plane to polygon cube

Hey I was hoping someone could help me out with this issue. I am trying to figure out how to connect a polygon plane (with a displacement) to one...

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by Gen

16-05-2014|12:20 AM

Replies: 1

UV Mapping Image Weird

I'm not really sure what's going on here. I was doing several basic tutorials and whenever I started texturing, even if I followed the steps exactly,...

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