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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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# 1 02-03-2005 , 08:45 PM

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Hello,

I'm trying to create a number of cones randomly on the ground
using mel.
so far i have the following, but cant figure out how to get the
cones on the ground.

vector $rand;
for ($i = 0;$i<20;$i++)
{
$rand = sphrand(10);
cone -p ($rand.x) ($rand.y) ($rand.z);
}

If anyone could, it would be greatly appreciated

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# 2 02-03-2005 , 08:59 PM

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What exactly is your ground?

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# 3 02-03-2005 , 09:02 PM

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It can be any flat surface like a polygon plane.

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# 4 02-03-2005 , 09:11 PM

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you have a random value on the y axis, would that make it so that they would go anywhere rather than stay on one plane?

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# 5 02-03-2005 , 09:26 PM

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Yeah feel free to change the coding in anyway,
as long as the cones are placed randomly on a flat surface

thanx

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# 6 11-03-2005 , 02:53 PM

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float $xpos;
float $ypos;
float $zpos;

for ($i = 0;$i<20;$i++)
{
$xpos = rand(-10, 10);
$ypos = 0;
$zpos = rand(-10, 10);

cone -p $xpos $ypos $zpos;
}

that's what i'd do. You could make it "clever" by making take the size of the surface into account but I don't have time to write that atm.

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