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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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Plug-in problem

I'm having problems configuring a Maya plug in I have, which is supposed to allow me to export in DirectX format. Currently, I have done the...

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by j5ive

10-05-2005|02:29 PM

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favourite input tool?

Hello I'm a newbie, I'm from europe, Austria, and I'm probably going to attend a 3d education course, which is all about Maya, and how to operate it!...

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by Razor Blade

10-05-2005|02:27 PM

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Install Plug ins?

How do I install Maya Plug ins? Is it a case of drag and dropping it into the maya directory.? Mike

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by Scraggy_dog

10-05-2005|08:56 AM

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Looking for Maya artist living in Quebec...

Hello all, First, I am sorry for posting this here but I was not sure where it should go... Anyway, I work as an editor for a film/TV...

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by Arok

10-05-2005|01:34 AM

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Hi I want to get the high speed downloads of the free tutorials if i transfer my points from another site over to hear will i then be considered a...

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by shandaman

09-05-2005|04:40 PM

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Unknown Nodes Preventing ascii save

Hi, I've done a search but not turned anything up that's pertinent... Does anyone know of a workaround for the following: I've worked on...

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by Alan

09-05-2005|10:08 AM

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image plane textures appearing on primitives being created in viewport

Hi folks, I'm modeling a character and have dragged my character reference images from the hypershade onto my image planes in maya but everytime I...

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by munny

09-05-2005|09:19 AM

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Maya parenting/constraining/??? problem

(I posted this question at polycount as well, but there were no nibbles: http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=41007) I'm using...

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by Mooseboy

09-05-2005|12:38 AM

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Jiggle

Hey everyone, I'm new to animation and I was wondering how I can use the jiggle effect instead of making tons of keyframes to animate a bouncing ball.

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by Pony

09-05-2005|12:35 AM

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Need free Webspace for your works?

Hello! I can provide free Webspace on my Rootserver if someone need it. (max 50 GB Traffic / Month and no illegal Files).

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by NextDesign

08-05-2005|11:40 PM

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a video expaining the interface

someone know a video explaining the interface of maya, a video explaining the use of almost each button. thx and i know my english is bad

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by mc-fleury

08-05-2005|06:56 PM

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Windows getting Stuck?

I'm using Maya 6 on OSX. Everytime I open up almost any window including the Hypergraph or Hypershade, it gets stuck in the upper left hand...

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by Hubbard

08-05-2005|05:12 PM

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Animex

here is a little something that my professor gave me, though it might interest some people. www.animex.net Animex Student Animation Awards...

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by kennez

08-05-2005|02:01 PM

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Hot Girl

What we really need here is a model of a really hot girl. Fully textured and rendered. I find modeling female characters to be really hard because...

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by THX1138

08-05-2005|06:42 AM

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Poll: How much can you bench???

Hey... this is an off topic discussion, so i'll just make a poll for fun. VOTE!! ;)

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by twisteddragon33

07-05-2005|07:05 PM

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Anyone else going to E3?

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by twisteddragon33

07-05-2005|07:00 PM

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modeling a guitar

Hey, I would like Help for modeling a guitar. I just bought a Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar :) (sounds awesome and i got it new for $150)...

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by MattTheMan

07-05-2005|04:30 PM

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Extrude face problem

Ok, I know that there probably is a answer to my stupid question on this site but i am pretty lazy and have already looked through like 10 threads...

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by alienscience

07-05-2005|01:11 PM

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How do you STOP an infinite animation cycle???

Hey, i looked at this tutorial on how to make an infinite walk/animation cycle with the graph editor, but i was wondering, if you want your guy to...

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by stickdude

06-05-2005|11:49 PM

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most users ever on site.

i just got on and noticed the huge amount of users and captured it.

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by alienscience

06-05-2005|10:31 PM

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NEED URGENT HELP. AM STUCK!! DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Hello to all SH members and staff. Well, i have made a small avi file shwoing my F22 modelled plane rotated. And i want to show this as a part of the...

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by NitroLiq

06-05-2005|06:05 PM

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nurbs curve or edge movement

hi is there a way of duplicting a curve and moving it along to the left or right but the end points stay on the curves that it was ending on before?...

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by acute

06-05-2005|01:43 PM

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Nurbs Car Tyre Modelling Tutorial

After I posted this ... http://forum.simplymaya.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16384 I went ahead and worked out a method myself. I thought...

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by TheAnswerRP03

06-05-2005|12:28 AM

Replies: 2

need suggestions

I want to smooth out the handle section of the gun. When i extruded the faces it got all choppy. Any way i can smooth just that section? Any...

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by Briko03

05-05-2005|11:11 PM

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3D Text in Maya???

Hey, is there any way you could do 3D text in Maya by just typing in, or have Maya make curves that you can bevel to make text... cuz i want the type...

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