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Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

[noob help] bevel? extrude?

after making a curve with the ep curve tool and closing it, how do i make it 3d? i drew the profile of a concrete brick, now i want to expand it...

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by astrocalder

01-05-2005|11:24 AM

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simulating light sources

is there a standard method for simulating a light bulb? like if you could see the source of a light in a room - a bulb or halogen light for example....

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by Noradul

01-05-2005|04:36 AM

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Newb - Simple Poly Modeling Questions..

Hi, Coming from a LW/Modo background for the most part and primarily just play and hobby, I have a few questions on things that I can not get my...

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by Pony

01-05-2005|01:06 AM

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[question] steel reflections

i've been playing around with reflections in surfaces, but i can't get steel right. it reflects light mostly, but objects aren't clear unless...

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by astrocalder

30-04-2005|07:28 PM

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how to change background color

Real newbie question: how to change background color when rendering? thanks

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by summercool

30-04-2005|09:41 AM

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Quads and Tris

I was wondering. Is it absolutely necessary that your model have to be completely quads? Or is it ok to have a few tri's here and there. I find it...

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by Anhslaught

29-04-2005|07:09 PM

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Motion path speeds problems

Short and sweet: I would really appreciate if some one could have a quick look at this animation test I have and let me know why the (crappy)...

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by Razor Blade

29-04-2005|04:41 PM

Replies: 2

Displacement map help...

Ok, I'm a noob but I'm looking for some help on Displacement maps. Pretty much anything will be new to me on this subject so... Thanks, Noob

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by cg_addict

29-04-2005|04:40 PM

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Ungrouping mirrored objects

I've mirrored a hand across the axis, but want to move and postition them independantly but I can't at the moment, I've again tried ungrouping them...

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by azimuth

29-04-2005|04:06 PM

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Video Format | Page: 1 2

Well this question isnt really maya related, but everyone here seems to know a thing or two about computers and whatnot. So my question is about...

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by NitroLiq

29-04-2005|01:27 PM

Replies: 17

Tutorial recording

For my own personal understanding i would like to know how those people who make tutorials for SM record their computer screen? DO they use a camera...

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by NitroLiq

29-04-2005|01:15 PM

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Mirroring?

I've created half a head, and want to mirror this across and join the seams, and create some uneven features. I can mirror this but it ends up...

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by j5ive

29-04-2005|09:34 AM

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[help] bump mapping

i've done it before, but can't get it now... i've taken a source image of a brick wall, and made two versions, one color, one b+w for the bump...

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by cg_addict

29-04-2005|06:13 AM

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[help] render troubleshooting

i can't render and i don't know why. i set the render globals, checked to make sure the camera is renderable...what else should i check? is there a...

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by astrocalder

29-04-2005|02:33 AM

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do you renember`? | Page: 1 2

do you renember me? ... I once won the lifetimemebership at simplymaya and kevin transferred it to simplyphotoshop for me.... but where is...

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by alienscience

28-04-2005|10:55 PM

Replies: 18

building refs.

does anybody know where to get some good refs for buildings?

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by gohan1842

28-04-2005|09:54 PM

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Stopping an emitter mid animation?

I have a short animation running for 70 frames, for frames 20 - 30 I would like to have a particle emitter.... emit some particles I can get it to...

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by Razor Blade

28-04-2005|03:34 PM

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Does MAYA have a tool/command that does.....

Hey, was looking through a Rhino book at school, and they have this tut. on how to make headphones. Anyways, to make the top of the headset, they...

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by Razor Blade

27-04-2005|07:02 PM

Replies: 3

Hardware Render Buffer

Hey I was just wondering what the difference is between the Hardware Render Buffer, and the regular Renderer. I am not sure if one is better or what...

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by Razor Blade

27-04-2005|07:00 PM

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Problem with Nurbs -> Poly & Poly -> SubDiv

How would I go about fixing these images? For the top image I used the curves tool and created a loft surface. I then extruded the face of it, then...

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by Razor Blade

27-04-2005|06:52 PM

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Website UP!!! (BETA - Big time) -- feedback

well, lately thought of designing a website for myself, and here i am,3 hours macromedia flash mx 2004, 6 burst braincells, finally got a beta...

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