Hi all, was wondering if anyone knows the best way I could convert a Maya 4.5 file to .3ds or possibly Lightwave. I used to do a lot of work in Maya and I have a model that I would like to bring...

No, I've textured instances many times before, so this was driving me crazy. The only solution I have found is to make sure I texture BEFORE I instance the object. Then, the instanced object will...

Hi all,
I have pretty much completed a model I was working on. It is symetrical, so I decided to save memory and space and instanced it instead of mirror. Now I'm working towards texturing. When I...

Hey, that did it! Thanks a lot! :)

Hi,
Wondering if anyone can help. My normal pane menus are missing (view, lighting, etc.) as outlined where they should be in the attached image. I have searched and searched, but I can't find how...

hmmm....perhaps I spoke too soon. I have some objects with pivots attached and they got weird on me when I grouped the model together. When I try to put them back in their proper place, the geometry...

NO WAY!!!

I swear I tried that before.:)

Thanks Mike, you have saved me countless hours of compensating with camera movements (yes that is what I've been doing instead of moving the...

I have a model with several other models attached. Say for instance it is a car and I have modeled the basic body, but I have modeled the wheels, fenders and headlights separately. Then when I go...

Cool. Nice to see a fellow ship designer in here. I feel...alienated.:)

Nice detailing. How do you do those hose/wires?

-- Dan

and last, but not least...or maybe least...a wireframe. Would appreciate any comments from the pros (or anybody) to see if I'm on the right track and maybe a few thoughts on what to work on to get...