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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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# 16 06-09-2005 , 03:05 PM

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Looking good so far!

For those looking for a tutorial on poly-by-poly head modeling, check out the Joan of Arc tutorial over at 3DTotal, it's for Max but transfers easily to Maya and the head is done in a similar way to what VIM did as far as I can tell...

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# 17 06-09-2005 , 04:07 PM

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I can make video to show you how to use this method. But this is not the problem... I dont have for this moment a web site for hosting my video file... The free web site have a maximun Bandwidth...

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# 18 06-09-2005 , 08:04 PM

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reduce poly count

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# 19 06-09-2005 , 09:16 PM

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quick low poly hair

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# 20 06-09-2005 , 10:27 PM

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just for information. How let your to know how many polygone have in my scene?

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# 21 06-09-2005 , 11:34 PM

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I guess it depends on whether you are going to animate a model or not, but when working in polygons you should try to stick with 4-sided polygons. 5-sided polygons can make the topology of the model messy if you are going to smooth the character. If you have to, make the 5-sided polygon into two triangles.

There are many good modeling tutorials online too.
Nice work.

I'll try to answer the question I think you are asking.

In Maya go to the menu titled Display>Heads Up Display>Poly Count
Now, when everything is visible in your scene, the Triangle Count in the left column is what you want to look at (it is the total # of triangles in the scene). Keeping the model to under 3,000 triangles may be quite difficult, but I believe you can submit a smooth model if you would like. Good luck.

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# 22 06-09-2005 , 11:38 PM

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ok thx joed8349

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# 23 07-09-2005 , 01:55 PM

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the 3000 tri limit is just for those who wish to make a low-poly model that could be shown as a video game model in their portfolio.

You can go as high res as you want!

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