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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 30-12-2010 , 05:05 PM

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i want to model this part of car and cant figure it out how to make that weird edge wich is soft in the midle of this part and hard on ends

that's what i get

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# 2 30-12-2010 , 05:18 PM

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I would try to smooth the polys in the middle with the "sculpt geometry tool" in the "mesh" menu play a little bit with the obtions - this should help

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# 3 30-12-2010 , 05:56 PM

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To hold the crease you have three edges close together. To smooth it you will need to move the edges apart through that area. Your options are the sculpt poly tool with smooth or select vertices and average or manually move verts along the surface normals.

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