Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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29-01-2007
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Spider-man project HELP!!!
i will not have any problems animating, but the question is how can i make his webbing come out of his wrist?
i have no idea on how to do it but the things i should keep in mind is that....
1. spiderman will hold the web
2. the web will be dangling around (or animated)
my instructor said i will need a lot of mel scripting and probably use soft and rigid bodies but he isnt sure himself yet..
my question to you guys is... How would you make it if you were to animate spiderman?
any help would be so greatly appreciated and help me with my project a lot..
thank you all in advance, Yuriy K.
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30-01-2007
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thats the short of it anyway..
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here are some ideas when i was aking a fuse, similar idea at least you can aimat along a curve path; as i said, might very left of centre
use partial' when setting extruding opyions
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when the end of the web attaches to a building, (i will probably shoot it at a locator and have it constrained) and the starting point will be attached to spidey's wrist, when the character moves, how can i have the rest of the webbing move with him?
also, is it possible to somehow have the web kind of detach from him with an attribute? maybe an on and off switch?? and then some possible way it will reset on his wrist... again maybe with an on and off switch?
and this will happen infinite times because he will be using his web many many times.... if its not possible to have the webbing reset infinite times, then i guess i have to re-create it in every scene he will use it which is a pain in the butt but no other way.
thanks for listening, yuriy k.
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31-01-2007
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after i extruded the cylinder from the curve and nurbs circle, i then rebuilded the surface of the cylinder and added more segments to make the web look more dynamic. so wat i did was created a cluster for the start point of the nurbs curves' CV's, and point constrained the cluster to the wrist control and it works great.
the other end of the curve, i also made a cluster from the CV and point constrained that cluster to a locator i placed onto a building.
since nothing was done to the cv's of the curve in the middle, the rope only moves at the CV controled by the wrist control. the middle of the nurbs cylinder doesnt move...
what can i do to make the center of the cylinder also be simulated when the wrist control is moved? is it possible to somehow use soft bodies for this?
if so, help would be appreciated... thanks. Yuriy, K.
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I imagine you could do something similar to that in your project though I can't really help you. I used the Digital Tutors training DVD and bearly understood it myself plus its been about a year since i've even seen the material. I advice you either invest in the disc to get aquanted with the principal or look for tutorials.
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use the Web attribute on the wrist control.
the circle geometry is supposably spideys hand. if you put the web attribute to 10, and then move the wrist Control, you will see the where i made the 2 cluster in between the locators, (i did this to show where the problem is) that middle part of the webbing is not moving at all and i dont know how to have that move dynamically when the wrist control is moved. the stretching is ok since it is a web but if i pull the wristcontrol back, the web should stretch, as well as pull the middle portion of the web back with it.
any ideas???