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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3 and n-side poly question
I am having a hard time keeping my models light and one of the major causes is trying to keep everything to quads.
Very often on a long model to convert one 3-sided poly to a quad I have to split 50+ polygons just to add one edge to a tri!
When I start trying to add muscle details on an organic model I very quickly end up with a completely unmanagable number of edges and start getting unwanted bunching of contour lines.
Since most final renders are done on a smoothed poly surface and smoothing has the added benifit of converting all the n-polys and tri's to quads is it better to keep the model lite and allow a couple n-side and tri's in the mesh?
PS - I don't see why the Maya developers can't add a function to automatically quadrangulate a mesh without adding super heavy geometry?
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04-03-2004
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What would ne nice would be a function that simply took even slices in x, y, and z through a model surface to crated a perfectly evenly spaces surface. I could think of several cases where something like this would be very useful.
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