maya 2012

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

Watch

# 1 23-08-2011 , 03:46 PM

Head of 3d Admedia
Join Date: May 2007

Location: nairobi , ken-ya

Posts: 1,340

Got maya 2012 for a couple of months and when I render a scene it sometimes uses all my 12 threads or just one but when i render the same scene in 2008 it utilises all my threads, does anyone have the same issues

Quote

# 2 23-08-2011 , 03:56 PM

Technical Director
Join Date: Feb 2004

Posts: 2,988

Hmm?? It uses all of your 12 threads, but sometimes doesn't?

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Quote

# 3 23-08-2011 , 04:20 PM

Head of 3d Admedia
Join Date: May 2007

Location: nairobi , ken-ya

Posts: 1,340

yup its really frustrating I've tried to reinstall but nothing its still acting a full

Quote

# 4 24-08-2011 , 11:15 AM

Head of 3d Admedia
Join Date: May 2007

Location: nairobi , ken-ya

Posts: 1,340

anyone else having trouble with this ,I swear before I update again.............

Quote

# 5 24-08-2011 , 05:43 PM

Technical Director
Join Date: Feb 2004

Posts: 2,988

The only reason why it would drop to 1 thread, would be because the current rendering stage wasn't (or can't) be run in parallel. This should only happen for a short bit of rendering time, not the whole thing.

Are you running an i7? I've heard that they can drop to one core for no reason.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Quote

# 6 24-08-2011 , 09:46 PM

Head of 3d Admedia
Join Date: May 2007

Location: nairobi , ken-ya

Posts: 1,340

I have an I7 990 , The same scene utilizes all my threads in maya 2008 ,
I spent the whole evening re saving my files as ascii files . Whats also weird is that when 2012 does render the my project on all threads it takes allmost double the time it would in 2008 .....
I have tested this on four projects and it seems 2012 is abit slower on my pc

Quote

Reply to this thread