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Mesh > Cleanup deletes mesh

Hey folks, Total newb to Maya here. I looked through the forums and couldn't find an answer to my problem, so figured I'd give this a shot. ...

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by macdonaldhall

20-08-2012|05:33 AM

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Bullets absence

Hi everyone, due to work and commitment to the game I am involved in I havent been around as much as I would like to. I have put a hold on all...

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by bullet1968

19-08-2012|02:45 AM

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Serious Oversight

Just noticed the :beer: smiley had disappeared. Can't have a forum without :beer::beer::beer::beer: n'joy Dave

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by stwert

18-08-2012|03:06 AM

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RIP Harry Harrison

free kindle books here:...

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by David

16-08-2012|10:53 PM

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texturing a NURBS sphere

Ok, I've had this problem since I started with Maya but never bothered to ask about it since my very limited use of NURBS. See the attached picture....

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by bullet1968

16-08-2012|10:21 PM

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Brethren of the Coast - Modeller, GUI Artist Needed. Revenue Payment inc.

Hello there. Overview Over the last month I have been making a Naval Ship vs Ship PVP combat game. All of the basic mechanics are ready and good...

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by rocky207

16-08-2012|09:43 AM

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Looking for a digital maya book, any help?

Hey everyone, i recently have some free time again and decided it's about time i learn some parts of maya i have been avoiding like different...

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by ctbram

16-08-2012|04:34 AM

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Viewport colour options

How does one go about making Maya look cooler? I'm sure it'd be easy, but I don't want to go digging through things and mess it all up. I want to...

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by Acid44

16-08-2012|01:02 AM

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Maya 8 Unlimited FS....

sorry Please remove thread....

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by wchestnutt

15-08-2012|09:49 PM

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Import from Max to Maya

I imported a scene from 3ds max 10 into maya using the obj option. The scene seemed to work properly until I started to render it with physical sun...

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by murambi

15-08-2012|05:16 PM

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Polygons always facing camera

Hi, My problem is almost strange, and I don't know if I can explain myself very well.. What i have: curved surface (basically a side surface of...

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by Gen

13-08-2012|03:40 PM

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water - toon shader

hello. i'm making an animated scene with a ship in the bay. the scene should have cartoon look. so i'm confused, how could i make cartoon looking...

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by mickhah

13-08-2012|12:43 PM

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Passing alpha to Render Target

Anyone else experience 100% predictable crashes when you try to pipe a render pass into a Render Target's alpha value? I can set the value manually...

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by honestdom

13-08-2012|07:01 AM

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MEL Scripting - How to list Fur/Hair Presets

I'm looking for a way to list all of the presets for FurDescription nodes. I have noticed there is a nodePreset command in MEL but I'm not exactly...

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by nmcelve

12-08-2012|04:03 PM

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Animating changing 3D numbers

Hi! I need to make an animation in maya where there's a 3D digital clock running. The digits of this clock have to be in 3D, as the camera will...

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by sugo89

11-08-2012|06:06 PM

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Special Duplicate

I have searched a few dozen threads, and have not found a solution. If it has been covered, please forgive me I have been creating a 3d human...

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by Okai

09-08-2012|11:18 PM

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Seeking environment artist

I'm not sure if I'm aloud to post this here; I seem to remember there used to be a forum specifically for this kind of query, but I can't find it....

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by petersrin

09-08-2012|10:59 PM

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Joint/bone tool question.

I'm trying to draw out my joints but what I get isn't what I've seen in all the tutorials I've been watching. When I draw a joint I don't get a...

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by metalartguy74

09-08-2012|08:59 PM

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Vertex Problem.

:help:Hey everyone. I was looking for categories but I couldn't find the right one so I decided to post here. I'm also new and I don't have a lot of...

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by sillynwinnie

09-08-2012|07:33 PM

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Add Thickness to NURBS

I have created a curve and used a circle to extrude along it and create a surface. I want to now add thickness to the inside of the 'tube' that has...

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by dustykhan

08-08-2012|07:58 PM

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First character model?

I'm trying to model a male character and this is my first one. It looks like the first time I've ever used maya..lol. I attached a pic of a smooth...

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by bullet1968

07-08-2012|10:25 PM

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Camera Movement

I'm keyframming the camera movement and it appears to look fine. But then I play back, the camera makes strange movement. Rather then just tilt up...

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by TABOSTON

07-08-2012|08:24 PM

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Blend Shapes - Low Detail

I have a set of blend shapes (made in Mudbox) for this character that I´m working on. But when I import the fbx file (or obj file) to Maya and aply...

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by ESTILOS

06-08-2012|05:47 PM

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refplanes.mel

Hi has anyone managed to get Kari's refplanes mel script to work in Maya 2011 ? it's fine in previous versions but now i cant seem to get it to...

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