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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Originally posted by parka
Tired of selecting those back vertices when you only want the front ones?
thx..this very helpfull :attn:
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here i'm giving some shortcuts
alt+b = cycle background colour
shift+a = frame all in all views
shift+i = show isolate/view selected
thanq.
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hello plz enter d plugin link i really want this...........Originally posted by vladimirjp
if u are editing a maya 6.5 to use a maya 6.0 u also need to edit the MR header, since maya 6.5 has a newer version of MR.
this is also easily done via a plugin on highend3d to let you use any file version of maya with any release. just an FYI.
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https://www.dreamstock.com/dreamtemplate-offer.shtml
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thanks, ill fix it asap
EDIT: should be working now
and since im posting anyway
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glow with mental ray: https://elephantanimations.110mb.com/mrglow.html
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Re: melt
In 3dsmax there is a melt modifier,with that we can easily melth the object,Originally posted by paul utham
how to melt the object
but I don't know in maya
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Modeling with Blendshapes
Ive been having to model alot of same objects recently at work and it can as we all know become a bit tedious when it comes to it.
Now in my case Ive been modelling buildings with as I said alot of repetative parts. I have to create proxy objects first, put on their uv's then go back dupe the object and then create a hi res one from it. This is all great but when you have to add loops to the same object over and over it gets a bit crap, and I really dont want to be moving stuff about once its in position, so here's what Ive figured out and have been doing....
Now I like to try different stuff, and not just use commands or options for what they are originially intended, so its good to think outside the box and push things forward a bit quicker
So first off all image1 Ive created a pillar and duplicated it across a few times:
Ive then fed the extra objects into the original as blendshapes on the default setting. In image 2:
Then on the original object with the shapes all fed in I then add my edge loops to the original topology. Image 3...
Then image 4 is where we add the magic. By going to the edit deformer menu> Blendshape> Bake topology and with the original shape selected watch all your other pillars take on the new geometry. Image 4:
give it a try.
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edit: Keep in mind I don't know anything about proxy's maybe that's what I'm not getting from this?
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I Believe from this
Origionally posted by Jay
it would seem that the workflow requirements of the current project require Low poly "proxies" to be in place and completed before he adds the appropriate edge loops.Now in my case Ive been modelling buildings with as I said alot of repetative parts. I have to create proxy objects first, put on their uv's then go back dupe the object and then create a hi res one from it. This is all great but when you have to add loops to the same object over and over it gets a bit crap, and I really dont want to be moving stuff about once its in position, so here's what Ive figured out and have been doing....
Though I would ask the question Mate.
Why not just Instance all the duplicates with each other, after you layout the uv's then you could add the edge loops to any one of them and they would all update...?
Non the less, that is a nice trick to know with the blend shapes.
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Rhetoric:
Proxy models are a very blocky version or a representation of the hi res version. Usually used as a place holder for animation either on characters or other animate things, even cameras running thru an environment so the playback is instant. Then at rendertime the proxy is then replaced by a script or switch which will enable the final hi res model to get rendered out.
Yeah as Legend says, its a requirement for things to be in place for the proxy, and I also tried creating the hi res first then go around deleting stuff again to make a proxy, its a real pain. So its faster and far easier to do a proxy, create uvs, then add hi res loops.
No you cant use instances either, because they can cause issues in the pipe line, rendering etc and so on. I did actually ask about them but they arent as 'practical' in a pipeline as you think. Well not where Im working at the moment anyway, other places might be different.
Anyway I hope the tip works out useful for you all, its not just for traditional blendshapes. I have another cool tip that I'll post later.
Jay
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