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
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nurbs to poly workflow?
I am doing some nurbs modeling because I want to cut some precise shapes out of some double-curved surfaces
I am wondering how to get back into poly and use the sweet smoothing options on that side, rather than try to figure out fillets and such on the nurbs side
but when converting to poly, I get a less-than-ideal topology for adding loops, extruding, and smoothing--and when I do smooth, I get little artifacts here and there, from the above mentioned topology issue
anyone have any advice on improving this workflow? or perhaps, another workflow altogether? (sub-d surfaces?)
thanks very much!
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The best workflow would be to use the advantages you get from the nurbs to create the object including the holes and then retopologize by drawing polygons with the correct topology using the nurbs surfaces as a guide (you can make them live).
You can also make them very dense, then convert them to polygons, then export them to a retopo package to do the retopology.
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