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.
# 1 16-10-2008 , 05:26 PM
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subdiv line in polygon mode

Hi i'm Havoq and am fairly new in Modeling and Maya. I was wondering if you put a subdiv in polygon mode is there a way to make the subdiv line invisible od a totaly different color so you can actualy see waht im doing?

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# 2 16-10-2008 , 07:05 PM
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The subdivision line? I can only think of two things:

1. Maybe you're talking about the poly cage, in that case set up your colors in your color settings for your poly surfaces, I think its in the "Inactive" tab under objects.

2. You're modeling in wireframe mode so the subD wireframe + the poly cage is creating a jungle of lines, in that case go into shaded mode.


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# 3 17-10-2008 , 07:46 AM
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thank you, it makes my life a bit easier.

# 4 17-10-2008 , 08:21 AM
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No problem, have fun user added image


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# 5 18-10-2008 , 03:15 PM
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also for newbies, i am finding this x-ray setting so much better then the wireframe view. I even made some shelf shortcuts for them.

turn on
modelEditor -e -xray 1 modelPanel1;
modelEditor -e -xray 1 modelPanel2;
modelEditor -e -xray 1 modelPanel3;
modelEditor -e -xray 1 modelPanel4;

turn off
modelEditor -e -xray 0 modelPanel1;
modelEditor -e -xray 0 modelPanel2;
modelEditor -e -xray 0 modelPanel3;
modelEditor -e -xray 0 modelPanel4;

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Actually I found a handy script for that in the FAQ thread, I use this and I edited it to also make a wireframe on shaded script and assigned hotkeys. It was posted by pbman and so I quote:

How do i get/put on shelf the X-Ray toggle icon

open up your script editor in maya.go to Edit > Clear All. then paste the following to the bottom section of the script editor (Its called Input work area)


// Toggle Xray
//

string $visPanel[]=`getPanel -vis`;
int $mode;
if (size($visPanel)>0)
{
for ($panel in $visPanel)
{
if (`match "^modelPanel" $panel`=="modelPanel")
{
$mode=`modelEditor -q -xray $panel`;
if ($mode>0)
modelEditor -e -xray 0 $panel;
else
modelEditor -e -xray 1 $panel;
}
}
print ("\nxray="+$mode+".");
} else
print ("\nNo model panels to modify.");


after pasting it. highlight the whole code (ctrl + A) then go to File > Save Selected to Shelf, give a name to it. then it'll add the mel script onto the shelf that is active.


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