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# 1 10-04-2008 , 12:15 AM

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Im new to maya and modeling and I am in need of advice. my question would be is nurb to poly modeling suited for character animation? polys seem harder to work with for me.

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# 2 10-04-2008 , 02:31 AM

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whatever suits you best - there are no hard and fast rules, though i think most people find polys a lot easier than nurbs. user added image

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# 3 10-04-2008 , 05:35 AM

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As arran mentioned its all about personal preference, for instance I know alot of people (including myself) who start of by dragging the basic shape out using nurbs, then convert them to polys, it is also quite dependent on what you are trying to model. I would use nurbs then convert to polys for organic modelling and just polys for non organic modelling generally.

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# 4 10-04-2008 , 06:10 AM

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Polys, polys polys all the way for me.

Although I do use nurbs sometimes to get a very basic shape, but thats very rare

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# 5 11-04-2008 , 05:59 AM

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Thank you all very much these are some thing I will keep in mind. Although right now I am takeling a problem Im having with my view ports. Sometmes in certain ports I cant see tools like rotate and scale. I beleive this is because of my graphics card Its an intel And I already have to run it in 16 bits to get all my veiw ports in screen. its really anoying and I might have to deal with rotating in a different port than the one Im working. Again thanks all for the help! God knows I need it.

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# 6 11-04-2008 , 06:36 AM

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By the way The tool usually rotate and scale always seem to only show in the first veiw port I use them in. I am using a toshiba running vista home premium,maya 2008 unlimited

Report Date: 04/17/2008
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 09:41:42
Driver Version: 7.14.10.1329
Operating System: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium* , (6.0.6000)
Default Language: English
DirectX* Version: 10.0
Physical Memory: 2037 MB
Minimum Graphics Memory: 8 MB
Maximum Graphics Memory: 358 MB
Graphics Memory in Use: 165 MB
Processor: x86 family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13
Processor Speed: 1595 MHZ
Vendor ID: 8086
Device ID: 2A02
Device Revision: 03

* Accelerator Information *

Accelerator in Use: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Video BIOS: 1436
Current Graphics Mode: 1280 by 800 True Color (60 Hz)

* Devices Connected to the Graphics Accelerator *

Active Notebook Displays: 1

* Notebook *

Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Display Type: Digital
Gamma Value: 2.20
DDC2 Protocol: Supported
Maximum Image Size: Horizontal: Not Available
Vertical: Not Available
Monitor Supported Modes:
1280 by 800 (60 Hz)
Display Power Management Support:
Standby Mode: Not Supported
Suspend Mode: Not Supported
Active Off Mode: Not Supported
open gl 3d I have no problems with 3ds max 2008 but Im not to into gaming and want to fully utilize maya hope this isnt too much to read thanks.

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# 7 11-04-2008 , 03:51 PM

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could be the onboard graphics processor... can you actually update those drivers, or no?

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# 8 11-04-2008 , 08:34 PM

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no updates are available yet I hope to see some soon This is puting a big kink in the speed of learning I was going for. today I learned hair and fur forget it graphics card hell.Ill just have to put it on the back burner till I either find a solution or save more money.I hate to do that Ive been pretty emersed in it and was hoping to have a short for next years film fest.

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