Complex UV Layout in Maya
Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character
# 1 31-07-2008 , 12:00 AM
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Extrude Animation ...

Is there a way to animate a extrusion. I'm trying to show oil flowing through various engine parts (tubes). I obviously need to contain this to the tubes the oil will be flowing through. I thought a simple way may be to animate a cylindrical extrusion, shaded, within the tube cavities. I'm not familiar enough with Maya fluids or RealFlow to know how, or if, they handle this. Some of the areas are pretty irregular shapes.

# 2 31-07-2008 , 01:34 AM
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look into Animated Sweep, you should find it in the help files.




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You can also just extrude it along a curve and use keyframes, I think?


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