Beer glass scene creation
This course contains a little bit of everything with modeling, UVing, texturing and dynamics in Maya, as well as compositing multilayered EXR's in Photoshop.
# 142 01-11-2006 , 11:00 AM
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Double clicking on Toolbar icons or Shelf icons opens up their option dialogue box

# 143 01-11-2006 , 11:13 AM
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Tired of selecting those back vertices when you only want the front ones?

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# 144 22-11-2006 , 07:46 PM
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(Adapted this trick from one of AREA's tutorials)

Tip: Creating ONE shortcut key to smooth and unsmooth

1. Open the Hotkey Editor ( Window -> Settings/Preferences -> Hotkeys. )
2. Under "Categories" scroll down to "User" and on the far right press "New".
3. Give it a name ( e.g. pSmoothUnsmoothPress )
- Write this into the command-field:

SmoothPolygon;
select -cl;


- Then click "Accept" and the recently created command is listed under "Commands"
- Assign a hotkey for this operation and make sure "Press" is selected

4. Create another command called pSmoothUnsmoothRelease or something similar.
Type this into the command field:

undo;

- Assign it to the same button, but make sure "Release" is checked.

# 145 04-12-2006 , 05:45 AM
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# 146 12-01-2007 , 12:19 AM
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you can allways save prests to your attrbute for all objcts and use it eny time you want by click on presets buton
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# 147 15-04-2007 , 08:11 AM
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SAVE OFTEN

1. Saving your work often can save you alot of frustration (easily forgotten until it's too late).

2. Every once in awhile, it's good to save as a different file name in case you need to go back to a previous version of your model.

3. Computers can crash. Every once in awhile, save your work on a jump drive or disc, etc. If your computer crashes for good, you still have your work.


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# 148 19-05-2007 , 10:06 PM
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There's incremental save

Go to menu, File->Save->Option box.
Check the stuff you need, pretty self explanatory.
Hope this tip is not repeated

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# 149 25-05-2007 , 01:37 PM
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Im very new to this but,

When reading a tutorial in adobe instead of flicking between windows i use desktop pins it sticks any window to the top. So you can have the screen in your view when copying details, or watch a tutorial while using Maya with out Maya minimizing.

hope this helps.

To use a desktop pin open your Dsktpin application and it will appear in your system tray. simply click on this icon and click on the window you want to keep on top.


Job Done


https://www.dell.com/html/global/topics/gaming/en/us/us/dhs/systems-notebook.html

gimme.

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# 150 25-05-2007 , 02:13 PM
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thanks for the tip - how do you use a desktop pin?

you can also open a web browser in a maya view by going to panel>web browser.

# 151 25-05-2007 , 03:13 PM
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Is desktop pin an application that you need to download from the web? I like the idea.


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# 152 25-05-2007 , 04:42 PM
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Do a wireframe render of your model. I came across a site with the instructions here: https://www.olivervisualfx.com/Optimized_Rendering.htm

Here are the instructions copied over (you need the vectorrender.mll plug in turned on Windows>Setting/Preferences>Plug-in Manager)

-Window -> Preferences-> Plugin Manager

-Turn VectorRender.mll on

Go to render globals-> open Maya Vector tab



for wireframe render











Render Globals:





File Name Prefix: "Your_image_name"

Frame/Anim Ext: name.#.ext

Image format: Targa





Start and end frame







Maya Vector TAB:



Appearance Options:

Curve Tolerance= 0



Detail Level Preset:

Automatic or High Quality (blurs the lines)



* = Fill Objects

Fill Style: Single Color





= Show Back Faces (On or Off depends on your goal, I would leave it on)



* = Include Edges



Edge weight=Hair

or 0.200 (any value, makes the wireframe’s line width thicker)



Edge Style = Outline





* = Edge Detail:

90




Heres my vector render, they're pretty cool, look kind of hand animated, old cartoon style
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# 153 21-10-2007 , 03:59 PM
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Hi, I wasn't sure where to post this. Where can I find a program (preferably stand alone, or a script for 3DS MAX) that will convert .3ds (or anything 3DS MAX exports) into a .mb file?

# 154 21-10-2007 , 11:12 PM
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Maya has a plug in to do it now, think its in the plug in manager


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# 155 22-10-2007 , 03:27 AM
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funny enough Steve I seem to have lost .3ds import and export since Autodesk took over Maya,it used to be in the bonus tools but doesn't show up for me anymore is it just me or has the 3ds export been taken out ?




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# 156 22-10-2007 , 03:43 AM
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Think its you mate! LOL! Its still in the bonus tools, have you got them from Autodesk for 2008?


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# 157 22-10-2007 , 04:08 AM
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I don't have Maya, just 3DS MAX.

# 158 22-10-2007 , 05:04 AM
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Dunno then mate, Does Max not have a converter? As its a Maya site I was under the assumption that you wanted to import a 3ds file into maya, not export from max in a maya file.

If your going to send it to someone with Maya then just tell them to look into the bonus tools.


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# 159 22-10-2007 , 05:06 AM
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I had a play around, it was in the bonus tool scripts but for some reason was not showing in the plugin manager.
I have got it showing now though and it's all good.

Ravenheart you can export as an obj and then import that into Maya and save the mb , but I think I am right in saying that there is no app other than Maya that can open .mbs or make them.




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Dude that vector render of that car is AWESOME!!!


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