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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 07-10-2002 , 11:21 AM

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Well, I jigged and rigged about and hey presto! I have my main man walking in Maya. Forgive the creases but I only found out last night what was wrong. The character was modelled in AM and imported as a *.dxf into Maya. What I didn't know was that my normals are all arse about face - hence the funny creasy look.

So if anyone can tell me a quick way to get all my normals pointing in the right direction at the click of a button please let me know!

Kev - I hope that seat is still warm!!!

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# 2 07-10-2002 , 11:22 AM

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P.S. the glassy-eyed look is because he has been down the pub with me last night ... too much sherry!

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# 3 07-10-2002 , 12:01 PM

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Good work gazza. If you wan't to tweak it a bit more you could add some y-axis rotation to his hip and shoulders...

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# 4 07-10-2002 , 01:40 PM

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Try selecting your model and going to Edit Polygons > Normals > Conform. This will make all your normals point in the same direction, but may not be the right direction... if they all point inward, then simply reverse to make them all point out.

-Mike
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