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Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

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# 1 12-09-2006 , 06:07 PM

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Hi Guys.

The subject i wrote, is very similar to, what this thread is going to be about.

Its NOT just another Maya vs max, But i what your opinions on why/ why not use max/Maya.

My impression is that they are equally good. That's what i can read that is. Because i only own Maya which is very good
But what do you think ?

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# 2 12-09-2006 , 07:19 PM

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it all just depends on what you like better, i prefer maya because it is easyier on the eyes.

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# 3 12-09-2006 , 08:31 PM

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Agree !

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# 4 12-09-2006 , 09:05 PM

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I prefer the Maya GUI. Maxs GUI is not user freindly IMHO. I have used both and Maya is just easier to use. Plus Maya has the best inbuild dynamics of any 3D app.

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# 5 12-09-2006 , 10:37 PM

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ah. OK. Well i have tried Maya and Max AND Gmax (which is similar to max. And i too thinks that Maya is the most easy.
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# 6 14-09-2006 , 04:38 PM

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Personally, I've barely touched Max...I can do stuff in Maya, like splitting and extruding because I know those tools and what they do...but...I can't figure out how the heck to work Max...><

Given my case, it also depends on what you know/don't know what to do ^_^

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# 7 15-09-2006 , 06:39 AM

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# 8 16-09-2006 , 12:56 AM

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I like Maya for many reasons. One of them is that Maya was made by people who actually cared about what they were doing. Maya is a program made for artists by artists (I remeber that one of Alias's dynamics programmers worked on One Perfect Storm). Max on the other hand I feel is just another program that does 3D - wow, another one out of the infinite pile.

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# 9 16-09-2006 , 04:08 PM

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hmmm

ive only worked with maya but ive seen game models from max and i say that for game models id say max is the way to go but for movies and such maya

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# 10 16-09-2006 , 08:43 PM

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Max is for games and Maya is for movies? I have never heard anyone say that before, I know that Max is used in a lot of game studios but then, a lot of game studios cant afford Maya. Is there a technical thing that prevents Maya from making models for games? I don't think so but I'm willing to hear from people.

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# 11 17-09-2006 , 10:40 AM

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i dont know the only reason i got maya is because i heard that my freind who sold me maya told me that its more motivated towards making movies and max is more for games

i dont know for shure probably just to pursuade me...:headbang:

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# 12 17-09-2006 , 04:17 PM

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Originally posted by R@nSiD
I prefer the Maya GUI. Maxs GUI is not user freindly IMHO. I have used both and Maya is just easier to use. Plus Maya has the best inbuild dynamics of any 3D app.

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# 13 18-09-2006 , 02:15 AM

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Originally posted by Pure_Morning
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what youre up to lately pure?

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# 14 21-09-2006 , 07:20 AM

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I'm lighting on a Disney film called "Underdog" we are scheduled to wrap end of January 2007 and it'll be out in summer I think.

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