Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping
In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.
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smoothing groups
when i press 1, 2 ,3 for subd display smoothnessit does not make any difference. does it not work on polygons?
i hope someone can understand my gibbersih here.
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thanks.
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Edit Polygons > Subdivide.
As for linking. Select the first object, shift select the object you want to follow, then go to constrain > parent
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i have also done the subd thing, but it turned out the same when i rendered it....anyway of smoothing without subd?
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dunno why everything i try goes tits up.
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why does this happen?
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When you subdivide -- it adds extra polygons. The problem is you wanted to SMOOTH the polygons -- Subdivide doesn't do that.Originally posted by mpepperhouse
thanks. i have done the parent thing. i thought when u did that, that when u select the parent, the children move with it. as in 3ds max. is this not the case?
i have also done the subd thing, but it turned out the same when i rendered it....anyway of smoothing without subd?
Here's the tool you *could* use: Smooth (should be right near subdivide).
Unfortunately... smooth sucks. Hard to control and adds polygons where it shouldn't... smooths wrong, etc. The BEST thing you could do is as follows...
BEST method -- assuming your mesh is all combined and all vertices are merged (welded in Max), use (in the script textbox under the animation timeline)
polySoftEdge -a minimum angle of effect, either 0 for completely hard, 180 for completely smooth
Note -- If the shading doesn't work... delete all history (assuming nothing's skinned or weighted) and (under normals menu) "Set normals to face". That will reset the normals to perpendicular to face.
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the group and soft edge has worked. thank you very very much. i am gradually learning maya. it is slowly going in my head.
thanks again!!
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