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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Capping
How would you get a cap on one / both ends of that hose, so it appears closed, and you cant see inside the ends? (Like the cap option in the Cylinder and Cone primitives)
There doesn't seem to be any option in the extrude tool to add such caps.
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... and ...
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Check it out here: https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...?threadid=2120
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... cool! But...
seem to have their pros and cons.
For example - No you cant deform a surface with a planar cap or it just disappears! But you can easily animated the underlying curve (with cluster deformer/whatever, and the planar cap travels with the end whatever you do quite happily. But its always sharp!
Whereas your technique of adding isoparms and collapsing the end closed creates a surface that can easily be deformed, but if you animate the underlying curve, it goes all wonky.
If only there was a way to get an end cap that would lock to the end of the extrusion, even when animating the underlying curve, and also be able to procedurally sharpen / soften the corner.
Is this possible?
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Thanks for the help, Mike.
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Newbie frustrations? Yeah you bet!
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That's the way everything is in some form or fashion. I'm sure the Max and Lightwave guys will bust in saying how simple something is in their program that's sooooo difficult in Maya, but when I try to do it.... I always just go back to Maya cuz I find it easier.
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