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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Extract a curve from a poly model?
I'm currently working on a poly model in maya 2010 and I would need to extract a profile curve from my surface... I tried duplicate the edges, extracting the adjacent faces and merging the vertices, but to no avail... I know you can do it in nurbs, but since it's all modeled in polys and conversion from polys to nurbs is pretty much a big no-no...
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If I understand you correctly, this is what I do..
1. Select the curve (edge) that you want to extract (duplicate) .
2. Go into the "Surfaces" Menu Set (i have version 2009) and under the "Curves" Menu select "Duplicate Surface Curves"
3. Immediately select "Attach Curves" under the "Edit Curves" menu and then with the curve still selected, delete history. Deleting history will unlink the attached curve from the "in pieces" curve because at this point you will have 2 curves on top of each other. One will be a complete curve. The other will be in pieces. Just delete the "in pieces" curve.
Note: These 2 curves are in addition to the original curve that is still apart of the geometry.
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Thank you Dave. I might as well just ask, how can I extrude faces from a long curve after?There is a simple way to do this "modify/convert/polygon edge to curve"...........dave
I selected the curve and tried to extrude a face / polygons but Maya doesn't let me.
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