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# 1 30-05-2006 , 09:24 PM

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Hey,

iam new to maya and when i was wacting some of the tutorials on this site and i saw that i dident have a edit nurbs/poloygon tab and was wondering where/how could i get the tab there.

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# 2 30-05-2006 , 09:30 PM

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take a screenshot and post it so I can see exactly what your problem is

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# 3 30-05-2006 , 09:37 PM

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here the part that i circled, on the tutorials there is many more tabs and iam wondering where/how do i get those tabs there

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# 4 30-05-2006 , 09:44 PM

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okay this is something that happens alot ot new people ..you see where the box is and it says animation ? well use the drop down and put it to modeling cause that is what you are doing

modeling in box

then the menu's will change

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# 5 30-05-2006 , 09:45 PM

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display->UI elements->show all I think.

Either show all or something like it.

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# 6 30-05-2006 , 09:51 PM

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just click on the arrow down and change from animation to modeling and there you have it ...have attached pics ..forgot the pics on last post

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# 7 30-05-2006 , 09:52 PM

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thanks, wow you guys are a big help!

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# 8 30-05-2006 , 09:55 PM

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no problem . happy modeling and keep posted on your work In the WIP section ...any questions just post up ...

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# 9 31-05-2006 , 04:41 AM

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I suggest using the hotbox instead. when on one of the display windows, hold down the space bar (don't tap it) and all of the menus come up. then pick from them.

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# 10 31-05-2006 , 07:56 AM

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You can also use F1 to F5 to change between those menus. Just another method, but that's the one that i prefer.

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# 11 31-05-2006 , 08:07 AM

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you can also hold down H then left click to bring up the same menus.

just another method.

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# 12 01-06-2006 , 01:20 AM

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The beauty and power of 3d software is that there is more than one way to do things. Try and find the quickest process for you that works. It's all about shortcuts user added image