Polygon Count

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

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# 1 07-08-2003 , 08:21 AM

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Simple question but I still don't know how you do it in Maya - How to you get a polygon count?

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# 2 07-08-2003 , 08:55 AM

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display>ui elements > polygon count

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# 3 07-08-2003 , 10:15 AM

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Gee Fanks Mate! Slight change though for all other viewers:
Display>Heads Up Display>Poly Count...

God why don't I open my eyes and look...

BTW Is this really the best Maya website out there I haven't been to too many?

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# 4 07-08-2003 , 10:45 AM

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# 5 07-08-2003 , 03:57 PM

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Just to clarify, the Poly Count HUD only shows hard-edged polys not triangles (which is generally what is meant by poly count). You can test this with a cube. Create a cube and you'll see the poly count is 6. Triangulate the cube (Polygons > Triangulate) and you'll see the poly count change to 12. Keep this in mind as you're working with more complex models.

You can get accurate counts either by using the Triangle Count HUD from the Bonus Game tools or using this script:

polyEvaluate -f;

This command will show you the triangle count of the selected object(s) in the command line.

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# 6 07-08-2003 , 11:17 PM

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Or you could save it as a surprise for later user added image

GAPM 0.0 info : triangle count excluding retessellation : 969648
GAPM 0.0 info : triangle count including retessellation : 969648

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# 7 01-09-2003 , 04:38 AM

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This is the best Maya site in term of a good learning experience with all the available tutorials that are simply great.The forums are always helpfull with the moderators doing a good job of helping us out.

There are other Maya sites out there that have training videos but they tend to wait untill the software company(Alias,Discreet)sponsor them to make a video for their fans.In some cases you dont even get a training video the entire year!.

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# 8 01-09-2003 , 04:54 AM

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# 9 28-12-2003 , 05:58 PM

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is another place I found very helpful for maya tutorials. The one problem with this site is that you cannot download the video for review later.

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