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Changing colour of a curve?

Hi How do I change the colour of a nurbs curve? I can't seem to asign a shader to it. Im rigging a character and want to colour coordinate the...

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by NeoStrider

29-01-2008|12:37 AM

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Polygon Tool

Hi, i'am new to maya and i have bought the apache tutorial but the tutor tells about a tool called "append polygon tool", but i use a newer version...

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by kurt5

22-01-2008|01:18 PM

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Poly to Sub

Hi I have a little problem, and you must help me :bow: Look on this screen: >>>> IMAGE <<<< I use mesh - celanup, this two "face" is...

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by jsprogg

21-01-2008|09:56 PM

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normal mapping

Hi Is there any way to export and import normal maps within Maya....because i don't use other software for sculpting heavy details....i am doing...

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by akirah

19-01-2008|01:31 AM

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convert

Is there an easy way to convert curves to nurbs curves. Cheers, Leon

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by leonlabyk

17-01-2008|09:58 AM

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convert poly de subdi failed

I am working on the Tutorial of the BMW car downloded from simplymaya. The converson into subdi failed and this is what I found ine the script...

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by mayayst

14-01-2008|09:13 AM

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HELP - curve detaching

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by VirtualArts

01-01-2008|01:38 PM

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Key tools in nurbs modeling?

Hi, never tried it seriously and wondering, what are the tools you use the most in your projects? Like, in polygon modeling, I would say the key...

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by Falott

25-12-2007|09:07 AM

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Boolean Op.

Hi to all, I dont understand how to show the original objects after a boolean operation. Please help me. Thanks G.

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by NeoStrider

10-12-2007|04:25 PM

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Poly reduce advice...?

I have a high poly model that I'd like to make a lower poly model purely because of openGL and animation tests. I have tried poly reduce and it seems...

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by bendingiscool

05-12-2007|01:01 PM

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Poly to Subdivision convert problem

Hi it's me again with another problem i'm sure you can help me with. I just made my poly dog and now i wanted to covert it into a subdivision but i...

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by Mayaniac

04-12-2007|08:55 PM

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convert polygons to subdiv problem

ok, I dont know what I am doing wrong, everytime I want to add geomertry around my windows uing the split polygon tool or extrude, My car wont...

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by Shredder777

03-12-2007|07:06 PM

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Interesting polygon geometries

Hello, I am interested in the geometry patterns that can be made by smoothing, beveling, and chamfering etc. polygons. But it seems that I do them...

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by arran

02-12-2007|01:18 AM

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Union Problem

Hi i have a really bad problem: I'm just modeling the comic dog and had to covert the nurbs to poly thats no problem but if i want to union them...

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by Red_Roxxor

02-12-2007|12:24 AM

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Make Hole Tool Help

I've been researching this for some time now and I just can't work out how to do it. I need to cut a roundish shape from another the only way I...

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by wokendreams

28-11-2007|06:47 PM

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origami

I thought this would not be to hard to do, but have discovered it looks like it may be a real nightmare to get what I was wanting. I hoped to take a...

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by djknucklez1

23-11-2007|06:32 AM

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Smooth node doesnt apear

I dont get any input nodes in my scene. Is there some option i hit or does anyone know if they need to be turned back on? I smoothed my model to edit...

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by wokendreams

22-11-2007|08:01 PM

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Modeling

Maya 6.5 Essential Training Part1: http://www.uploading.com/?get=U0X4JPEA Part2: http://www.uploading.com/?get=5K1VSC37 Part3:...

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by sunny10471

22-11-2007|05:55 AM

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Car Modeling by Kurt Boutilier Showing error with me

Hi guys, I am guided by Mr Kurt Boutilier of SimplyMaya.com in modeling a BMW car. At some point in the tutorial he asks me to combine all the...

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by sumchans

15-11-2007|08:26 PM

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Gharacter Desigin Models

Can anyone help me. If I want to model a character like batman, or Yoda, they usually have capes and clothes on them. So do I model them Naked, and...

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by Frepe

15-11-2007|03:06 AM

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Cutting polygonals based on snap

Hi, I am looking for a way to cut the end off of a polygonal object. Ordinarily I would use the Cut Face tool but in this case I need it to snap to...

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by ronviers

14-11-2007|09:19 AM

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'to edge loop' --- not selecting edges

Hi, I made a polygonal object by creating a polygon cube. I extruded, duplicated, rotated, combined and merged edges to get the pictured polygon...

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by ronviers

14-11-2007|03:55 AM

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help with smoothing and creasing

Hi, I'm having some issues smoothing out my model. I need to make some sharp edges and everything I try results in some sort of creasing or...

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by Xander-0

14-11-2007|02:39 AM

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Input menu gone

hey...I was working in Maya the last night and fiddled around with some settings about snapping. After I was done with that, I realized that my...

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by BadG3r

13-11-2007|09:50 PM

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What is up with this polygon cylinder?

Hi, I would like to modify the Subdivision Axis of this polygon cylinder but when I go to Channels where I expect to see polyCylinderx instead I see...

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by ronviers

12-11-2007|11:29 PM

Replies: 4