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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My workflow differs from the guys who did the lamborgini tut, they model each car panel individualy then tweak for hours to pull all the verts into line, i did it their way first, didnt like it and went back to my way, but i am still getting lots out of it and in the end if my model is comparable to theirs then the tut has worked, because i woudnt have been able to do it from a blank peice of paper.
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I am a REAL novice BUT I can see the shortcuts most of the time. I dont follow right up there but I listen and if I can find a better/faster way I will. That is the only reason I am good at my job, think outside the square, tackle problems front on and if you cant get through, sit back, grab a beer and try the backdoor so to speak.
Im glad you agree with me, I have met people in real life that will berate you for straying from the path padwan. I like the basic learning and play with it, I mean ONCE you know basic stuff then you can expirement I reckon?
After all learning is meant to be fun right?
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Looking good, if I understand you correctly you were joining one of the round holes from one side of the wheel to the other, you could have used the bridge tool set to 0 sections a lot faster...........dave
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I was following Kurt to a point, didnt think of that one at the time,bahahaha, although I use it quite a bit. When he extruded edges down for the elevators I found it too cumbersome and used that method you mentioned there.
You get kind of focussed on the tut but I try not to get stuck in methodology all of the time. I find if I think he is doing it long hand I will watch the vid a couple of times and work out the end goal and try to replicate it quicker, doesnt always work though, bahahaha, the joys of learning. I havent felt this inspired since school man!!!! 40 million LYA I might add.
Got my tut for the tie fighter and jedi fighter approved half an hour ago, bring on the fun!!!!
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Had to remember how to birail etc only got shown once and it was a nightmare to remember!!! But I did it in the end, probably the long way
. Anyway now I have walked to Melbourne and back I can go to bed!!I know its only small but to me it was HUGE!! Learnt a lot, mistakes heaps, migraine large, satisfaction unlimited, wife unhappy, husband glowing in miniscule acheivment.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4090628/spitfire_cockpit.JPG
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Nice one man!Originally posted by bullet1968
Ok here we go AT LAST. This took 3 hours!!!! bloody hell what a learning curve and only 10% Googled. I didnt like the way it was turning out with the tut, so I had to give myself a migraine and do this. Created the canopy in nurb, turn to poly, turn surf live.Created frame with CV, lofted etc, turn to poly, delete 4 million edges on corner/curved parts. Put in edge loops etc manipulated a bit then presto.
Had to remember how to birail etc only got shown once and it was a nightmare to remember!!! But I did it in the end, probably the long way
I know its only small but to me it was HUGE!! Learnt a lot, mistakes heaps, migraine large, satisfaction unlimited, wife unhappy, husband glowing in miniscule acheivment.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4090628/spitfire_cockpit.JPG
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Bit of intersecting geo, but that's not a problem, simple edit should fix that.
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Dont sweat it too much, dont think u have to be clever or complicated to build somthing, this is my spitfire cockpit at low res, very simple.
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yeh Mayaniac its not done, I left the canopy in for visual only. I used it as the surface for the frame placemant. I basically did the bottom profile on the fuselage (live) then made the canopy live for the top profile and rails. Then did my thing and I will cut out the windows after so the geo should all match up when Im done, if I dont jump off the bridge first!! bahahahah
Will do paldav, when I get back home from work, not a problem man, thank!!!
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Oh and thanks paldav for the inspiration on the amount of hours getting it wrong!! bahahahahahah Im not done yet
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So I did this (with an idea from paldav). Oh and I made an error, should have extruded and scale extruded 2 more times for my edges, Im a novice with a BIG L.
The pics explain what I did I hope. I didnt like extruding the front part or what I did before. So I made a small face extruded it (and made error) picked an edge, extruded both X and Y and extracted and made a live working plane (not the aircraft you should see its outline in the pics).
Then CV tool to get my shape on my plane, to poly etc and presto. I spent hours on it and made the mistake of NOT doing the incremental extrusions to create my edges. So It does look funky BUT I think the experiment worked and will use it again. I wont be doing this part of the frame again, too much trouble.
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/40906...frame?h=c72cb0
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Are you trying to make the canopy as one part to the fusalarge. not sure if thats a good idea but I have not done this sort of modelling............dave
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no I wasnt, maybe that is the problem, I need to seperate it better. hmmmmmm was a good idea I thought but
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