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Bubble burst

anyone know a good way to simulate a bubble bursting. want to do it in slow mo too so the quality is important. the material that forms the bubble...

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by dirack

24-01-2004|11:22 PM

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Fluids Question !

well i was thinking abt fluids effects....we can use its ocean feature to demostrate oceans.....but we always get a look like the middle of the...

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by mind_raper

26-01-2004|07:20 PM

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Problems with rendering particles

Hello, I have a problem.I'm a begginer when it comes to dynamics,but I have a problem. When i make particle object, set type to points or (any...

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by Sil-Valeor

26-01-2004|09:20 PM

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Here is a challenge - make a bird with feathers........

Hi all Here is a challenge :-) I want to make a seagul flying in the air. I want it to make it so realistic as possible, with real looking...

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by Alan

27-01-2004|05:29 PM

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Straw bending with fields

Hi I am trying to make a straw bending in the wind (with air, turbulence of whatever u recommend), but i am having trouble figuring out how to...

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by Uglynakedguy

27-01-2004|08:40 PM

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particles to form polygon body mesh

:confused: I am trying for an effect where a polygon mesh of a human body dissolves (morphs) into atoms (which would be instanced to particles)...

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by Dann

30-01-2004|12:16 AM

Replies: 6

Fluids Cache

Hi Anyone knows the dirctory where the 'fluids cache' file is after u have run the caching within Maya? U see - my prob. is that i want to...

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by Uglynakedguy

30-01-2004|09:11 AM

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multiple bullet shell effect

Hello, I'm a newbie so I'll apologize in advance for any eye-rolling reactions I might ellicit. I'm working on a 2-D cartoon but there is a...

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by thermalfire

04-02-2004|08:06 PM

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Tornado picking up trash?

Hi, Just saw the tornado tut and I it was quite easy to follow too. Now my question is how can I set up the scene so that the tornado will suck...

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by strobe7

05-02-2004|04:54 PM

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Fluid Effects Cycle Wake

Hi again - another Fluid Effects question.... Anyone knows how to cycle a wake in fluid effect. The fluid effects wake emitter has a 'cycle'...

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by Uglynakedguy

10-02-2004|12:54 PM

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Fluid Simulation Plug-ins

Anyone here know of any affordable fluid plugins out there? I'm checking out P-Liquid, anyone heard anything on it? even better, anyone here right a...

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by iron_tick

10-02-2004|03:53 PM

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Blobby strings of goo

Hi folks, I am trying to set up strings of blobby saliver, the sort you might get in the corner of a dinosaur mouth. I have rigged some dynamic...

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by mtmckinley

10-02-2004|04:50 PM

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Key Lightning

Anyone know how to key lighting? On/Off kind of deal. When i make it its always on. i need it to go on and off at specific key frames.

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by dirack

10-02-2004|08:44 PM

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Wakes and boats

Hi I am trying to make a wake coming out from the back of a huge ship. However - i am having several problems. 1. When i make the wake to...

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by roach105

11-02-2004|04:45 AM

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fluids and object

hey there, anyone know whether I -need- to use a nurbs for collision (floating) on fluid effects, or can I just use poly's for that? It would seem...

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by dirack

11-02-2004|12:34 PM

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soft bodies and muscles

ok, I've been busy building real muscles for my T. rex based on JP3 and several dinosaur books featuring muscle diagrams, but once I've finished...

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by PilotLtKettch

13-02-2004|09:24 AM

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Blobby strings of goo. - Render

Blobby strings of goo. Here is a render of the dinosaur saliver. Its only work in progress but it shows potential. Thanks guys.

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by Kurt

14-02-2004|09:38 PM

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Cloth driven Dynamics

Here's my problem. I want to have a cloth object drive the movement of another object. Specifically, I want to have a rope attached to a block, and...

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by Kurt

27-02-2004|06:09 AM

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explosion

I can't create an explosion! Help me!:mad: :bandit:

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by Pony

02-03-2004|03:16 AM

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MEL within expression

Hi I am working on particles with curve flow. In the runtime expr, I need to query the information about the curve 's tangent at the project point...

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by lovefailer

03-03-2004|09:12 AM

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Flower Power !

hi guys.... well i wanted to create a "flower opening" for a seasonal promo video..i tried alot..in maya paint effects but still that look does'nt...

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by mind_raper

04-03-2004|05:46 PM

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need a transparent bg for my particles

Hi, I have created a scene with point particles (instanced with geometry) and I hardware render them with full image resolution, as tiff, and...

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by ragecgi

09-03-2004|08:24 PM

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die a silent death

Hey gang, I've got a very simple particle system using instanced geometry that has gravity and collides with a plane and comes to a stop. ...

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by Dann

09-03-2004|08:56 PM

Replies: 9

About particle rendering

hey is there any one to tell how the particles and smoke effect can be seen in software rendering? if not possible tell me how that can be achevied...

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by ragecgi

12-03-2004|03:52 PM

Replies: 2

Dynamic rigid bodies

Hi out there, I have a question concerning dynamic rigid bodies. I know maya is not basically a physical simulation engine, but since it does some...

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