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Geometry disappears when I try to cache
I'm working on a simple animation of a bunch of objects falling into a container. However, when I try to cache the geometry, almost all of the...
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snowing and snow landscape
Hi, I'm looking for a snowing scene and Snowy landscape. Thanks.
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Offset Xgen Archive animation
I've created a cilia (essentially a little tentacle) that whips back and forth, which I've saved as an animated archive. I then populate a surface...
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Replicating a Specific Simulation
Hi there, I'm looking to replicate the simulation used in this video. Knee Surgery: Torn ACL - YouTube Basically, I'm trying to recreate...
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19-11-2014|11:21 PM
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Maya 2015 XGen doesn't open brush settings
Hi guys, I am currently working on the Tutorial "Creating a Pegasus in Maya with XGen"...
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Maya Hair and Fields
Hello, I'm trying to explore Maya hair but I get stuck at the point where fields are introduced. I cannot make fields affect the hair system....
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28-10-2014|02:00 PM
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Best way to increase detail of ncloth simulation?
Hi Guys, So I have an ncloth banner that flops down over the side of a building. I have physical weights at the bottom edge to help pull it down....
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nCloth Penetrating Itself
I'm quite new to the concept of nCloth, and I'm having a bit of trouble. I modelled the clothes, made it to nCloth and set the character to a...
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22-10-2014|01:56 PM
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Blobby Fire render
I am pretty new to Maya fluids and currently I am having some problems with the settings? Basically, I have an animated snake, and I am trying to...
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09-10-2014|02:49 AM
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How to control Fire burning across object
I've been learning and practicing how to create fires, watching a lot of tutorials and whatnot. So at this point, I've successfully created a fire...
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22-09-2014|06:35 PM
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Create fog that can be interacted with
Hi guys, I've created some fog with a 3D fluid container. Given it a little wispy texture with the texture opacity setting. It looks nice and can be...
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making nparticle rain drops not perfectly round?
Hi Guys, I'm trying to make some slow motion rain drops. I have an nparticle system with a vray water material applied. so I have these perfectly...
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Jet Exhaust with Particle Emitter
Hi, I am trying to create some type of jet exhaust / fire effect. Something like this, for example:...
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Rigid body disappearing
Hello, I have a problem with a rigid body disappearing through another one, basically a rock (active body) falling through a road (passive body)....
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20-07-2014|09:38 PM
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Parenting a Motor Boat and Ocean Wake Together?
Hello all! I am looking to render two boats in a Maya Ocean, and have them both produce wake and foam. How do you go about doing this? I...
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How can I bake a dynamic curve simulation?
Hi everyone, I'm a beginner to dynamics but for my latest project I have a character with a dynamic curve/rope attached to him. All worked out...
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17-06-2014|03:03 PM
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Ring of Fire with Maya fluid
Hello all, I need some help again. I've been looking around for how to use Maya fluids to create a ring of fire around my character. It's part of...
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13-06-2014|05:12 AM
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Help me make particles stick on surface of object
Hi everyone, I'm making a scene that have sauce pour on a crab (on a dish). I was able to make the sauce look good, but the sauce wouldn't stick...
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Cloaking Effect on Vehicle
I dunno if you guys have seen the trailer for Ghost Recon Future Soldier Live action but theres a few scenes where the soldiers cloak in order to get...
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29-05-2014|05:54 PM
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Picking up/ Dropping with Dynamic Parenting and Physics
I made a thread earlier about this project, but it was a different problem. I hope I can make this new thread. I am trying to animate a claw...
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27-05-2014|04:50 AM
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Bullet Mesh collision problem
Hello, I have an object that I want to shatter when it falls and hits the ground and I was trying to use Maya's bullet dynamics to do it. If I...
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What is the HULL collision shape, how is it different from MESH collision shape?
Hi, I am learning Maya Bullet dynamics. Maya Bullet seems to have limitations regarding the Passive rigid body collision shape. If object is...
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21-05-2014|10:20 AM
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Necklace simulation: animated character doesn't turn into passive rigid body
Hi! I have a necklace rig built up using pin constraints. If I hit play, it animates well. It even animates well if I only use a still .obj...
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mapping images into fluid containers
I read Duncan's Corner on The Area about mapping an hurricane image into a fluid container. he put it into a 2d container but still got a thin 3d...
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29-04-2014|08:28 PM
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Delayed particle tracking
I'm trying to constrain a locator to a particle, but no matter what I attempt, the locator is always trailing the particle by one frame. I have...
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