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Get halfway through a model and find it's an unworkable mess? Can't add edge loops where you need them? Can't subdivide a mesh properly? If any of this sounds familiar check this course out.
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14-02-2010
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mental brain temporary shutdown...
the attachments I download here never open in maya. I always get an error.
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What version of Maya are you running? Silly question but you are unraring the attachment first correct?
The .ma file should be a readable ascii file. You may want to open it and be sure that it is not garbled. The latest version of the revolver file I uploaded shows 0 times downloaded.
Try that one first.
Sorry the video was confusing for you. I knocked it out (as with most of the videos I do) without much planning or editing so it does move along at a fairly quick pace. But the tools used are pretty straight forward, split polygon, edge loop tool, fill hole, append to polygon, bridge, and extrude face, and shift-d duplicate with translation.. I do go fairly quickly though and its easy to miss things since I use marking menus alot.
As for the process being more complicated then you thought. I believe that is one of the many reasons booleans get a bad rap. People think that they will do ALL the work for you. Booleans are there to get you to a form. Once you have the form it is still the modelers responsibility to make the form into a valid topology. I think it is not that difficult a task and certainly easier then starting with a blank screen and poly plane. You just have to stick with it, but its not everyones cup of tea.
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here is the error i get when opening the file,
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you could export as a object file but why you should have to do that is beyond me
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16-02-2010
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I share .ma files with legendofzombie and he is running maya 2008. I have three versions of maya and I will try to open it locally and see what is the matter. It might be something in the preferences that is trying to be saved.
I will look into it.
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1. please download the latest .ma file revolver_cylinder_3.rar
2. select open>option box
3. under general options you will see a check box that reads "ignore version". check it!
4. now open the file and it will open.
cheers,
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Here's how that revolver I've been working on looks like....
https://img52.imageshack.us/slideshow...d=rrfinal1.gif
more pics when I complete my own cylinder.....
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Great Tutorial
your tutorial video was really helpful (Old thread but a good one). I needed to create a custom Revolver Cylinder for a character I'm making in Zrush, and I didn't have a clue where to begin. Your tutorial was so clear and easy to follow, that I had my cylinder in no time. And now I'm not afraid of the big bad boolians.
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