Hi Subsurf [and everyone else!]

I put together a quick video with another method using a Non-Linear Flare deformer that may help, you can find it at the following link;

Maya - Non-linear Flare...

Hi All,

Thanks so much for sharing this with us - it's a great technique!

I wanted to mention that you can also adjust the paint stroke radii simultaneously (without using expressions/coding)...

Hi Acid44,

Thanks for your response, unfortunately the issue occurred on one of our classroom computers, which our IT department have set up so we can only access basic functions [like switching...

Hi Everyone,

I'm posting this thread on behalf of a student of mine who was having an issue loading a
scene file [.mb format] into Maya 2008 on the Mac platform [new iMac - OSX v 10.6.4, 8GB...

Hi Sircharles,

Here's a rough bump map example I did quickly for some of my students a couple of years back, for the top of an aluminium can.

Feel free to use this, or refer to it when making...

Hi there gtovey,

you would need to model and texture/colour your blocks in Maya, then export the objects [in a suitable file format] into a game engine/creator such as Unity, Gamesalad, Game Maker...

Thanks alot Man! I love when sheer flukes like that happen!

Funny you mentioned my Avatar - I'm was just thinking of doing a new one! [Fluke #2].

I think this forum might be built on an Indian...

Cheers enhzflep!

Tried the whole "Exract Polys" method, with the same result and then tried the other Boolean functions, one of which worked the way Union should have! [lucky you mentioned that...

Hi All!

Tried posting this thread yesterday but after spending half an hour getting my screenshots and typing done, half the state was blacked out with a power failure for 2 1/2 hours [1 second...

G'Day graphiac,

It sounds like the same problem I had a couple of days ago.

I fixed it by installing a newer graphics card driver [downloaded from the manufacturer's website] on my computer. ...