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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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How do you wrap an object around another object?

I haven't been able to figure it out from Googling, so giving it a shot here. I have a Polygon object that I want to wrap around a sphere....

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by stwert

02-04-2012|01:30 AM

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HumanIK Vs Custom Rigg

I created a previous thread asking how to insert a mocap file into a custom rigg, however, I think this topic deserves a thread of its own. After...

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by cgisoul

01-04-2012|05:14 AM

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menu accessed but no idea?

Hey all. Newbie here again. I have a pic of a menu that was accessed and I have no idea where to find it. Help!

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by ctbram

01-04-2012|03:17 AM

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anyone experience with marmoset?

anyone experience with marmoset? thinking about giving it a go for rendering purposes

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by n88tr

31-03-2012|08:28 PM

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Old version of mental ray

I was thinking, when I do a render and my output window shows up telling me what it is doing and it says my version of Mental Ray is from Feb 2 2011...

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by n88tr

31-03-2012|08:27 PM

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Caustics/displacement map issue

I'm trying to render an under water scene using caustics. I have a plane with an ocean texture attached to the displacement of the shading group of a...

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by Gen

31-03-2012|05:17 PM

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Motion capture file into custom rigg - How?

Hello there, I have my cowboy rigged, all nicely and named. Instead of going to animate it frame by frame, eventually is what I will end up...

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by cgisoul

31-03-2012|04:32 PM

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Interractive transparent 3d desktop

Now imagine this http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/03/28/microsoft-shows-off-futuristic-transparent-3d-desktop being used for 3d modeling, no more...

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by G-Man

30-03-2012|04:58 AM

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weird passes result

Hi, i rendered my layers with passes and the result in the diffuse and the other passes are just unexplainable. There are alpha holes in them...

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by NextDesign

30-03-2012|02:04 AM

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Problem with snapping when extruding

hello everybody, im new to maya, its pretty different to what im used to, im doing the interior design tutorial, im following the video but there...

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by ctbram

29-03-2012|11:33 PM

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Maya 2013

I don't think this has been posted yet? Let's rant about the modelling tools now. http://area.autodesk.com/products/features/maya

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by Chirone

29-03-2012|08:47 PM

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Job Interview with the BBC | Page: 1 2

Yes - sorry not been around much but most projects have been on hold while I got some work done for a interview at the BBC Wales as a ‎3D Broadcast...

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by mark_slw

29-03-2012|06:14 PM

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Weird dark value on my mesh

Hello SimpleMaya community, I have a question regarding my mesh. Everytime I use the "Append to Polygon Tool" to connect 2 edges but afterwards...

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by Balibo

29-03-2012|12:15 PM

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Texturing problems

I apologize in advance if this issue was already brought up in another topic. But I do need assistance. You see I've made my model and created a...

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by NextDesign

29-03-2012|02:50 AM

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University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

Hi there, has anybody heard about those exams ? Are there useful for the future career abroad ?

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by nov2011

28-03-2012|04:53 PM

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where did that video go? wrap form around a cylinder

where did that video go? wrap form around a cylinder it's like you take a plane and wrap it around in the shape of cylinder. any one know where...

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by n88tr

27-03-2012|08:51 PM

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Paint Texture with "Repeat UV" on.

I have a simple ground with mountains and what I want to do is to paint it in some places but becouse my texture has a size of 512x512 and it had to...

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by Gen

27-03-2012|05:29 PM

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Ear tutorial

Hello, i've been searching for ear tutorials for the past 3 hours without finding anything.. do you have any sorts of links to good ear tutorials? i...

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by zero3growlithe

27-03-2012|01:11 PM

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My First Modelling Video | Page: 1 2

Hi all, Thanks to Jay I've managed to get screen recording happening within Maya and I'd like to share with you the first recording I did. Maya...

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by n88tr

26-03-2012|09:22 PM

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desperate for help with nurbs

I'm taking a college 3d animation class which uses Maya. My current assignment requires me to model in nurbs ONLY. I decided to draw my my own image...

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by B4ND3R5N4TCH

26-03-2012|05:37 PM

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Virtual Wind Tunnel?

Just wondering if anyone may know of a virtual wind tunnel software, which would show things like this:...

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by Acid44

25-03-2012|08:57 AM