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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Interesting video by ctbram thanks again.
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I was finding it difficult to answer ipatches questions so I thought it best to to record the process.
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I did not know about the merge verts tool thanks Rick(cant teach a old dog new tricks yes you can).....LOL..........dave
???? run that by me again dave????
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That merge vertex tools comes from the 3ds max target weld tool. For all the complaints I have about maya's aging modeling tools I guess I should commend autodesk for making some long needed additions. For instance did you know maya's edge extrude never had offset, and the poly extrude never had thicken until recently. As a technical modeler it's inconceivable to not have this functionality and I am very grateful they added it.
Now we just need solid drill, stencil, true fall offs, background constraints, and pattern selection. Fingers crossed! (smile)
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Thank you for the video!
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Here watch this ngons and low poly myths - YouTubeYou've got some N-gons on the top there! I am always a little confused about N-gons. Some people tell me to avoid them like the plague but online I sometimes see really good models made of entirely triangles. Whats the reason to work in all quads- and why did you leave some Ngons in the big circle in the middle of the model?
Thank you for the video!
Should explain it for you.
Video thanks to ctbram.
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Watch ctbrams video he explains it much better than I could here.
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The thing with ngons is that if you are working in a studio pipeline or you intend to sell your work you can not always know how your model will be used and ngons can cause problems if the model is deformed or when uv'ing and texturing.
For this video I did mention that you should strive for all quads and the the occasional unavoidable triangle.
However, I did fail to mention that I left the ngons in the model intentionally because I know that an ngon on a planar surface will render fine and that the model is not part of a studio pipeline and that it will not be deformed, uv'd or textured.
The purpose of the video was to demonstrate an alternative method to putting holes or extracting circular details from a surface. Instead of making the surface and then drilling holes, I proposed creating the holes and then filling in the gaps between them to create the overall surface. I only intended to demonstrate this idea and not develop a perfect final model.
I also tried to demonstrate a generous subset of the modeling tools that would be helpful to someone new to maya - combine, bridge, edge extrude, insert edge loop, target welding verts, deleting edges, poly extrude thicken and offset as well as how to control edge tension with control edges and the use of the marking menu system.
I hope this clears up some of your questions.
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Awesome! Thanks a bunch. And I think you just broke the world record for the quickest evaluation, response and action time of any webmaster ever. (an impressive 6 minutes!)KartoonHead Sure give me a second I'll upload it there now
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