Where's the teapot primitive, polygon or NURBS?

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# 1 26-08-2011 , 07:13 PM

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Where's the teapot primitive, polygon or NURBS?

I have been using Maya for a couple of days now, and was wondering where the teapot primitive is? I know 3D Studio Max has one, and that some other packages have this primitive built-in to them, and was wondering why Maya never got around to adding this primitive, not that it is really a big deal, but just more of a question out of curiosity.

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# 2 26-08-2011 , 08:05 PM

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Because its pointless. All the others are useful or are good jump off points. Just because its the first documented item created in 3D (Im sure the cube beat it somewhere) does not mean its useful.

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# 3 26-08-2011 , 09:26 PM

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There is a teapot brush if that helps at all... which you can convert to polys. I suspect that was their little historical nod.

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# 4 26-08-2011 , 10:12 PM

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I think the teapot is more of a "hello world" model. It's handy for shader and lighting tests because it's more interesting than a cube? Apart from that, as mentioned, it's just a shout out to CG roots and not all that useful.

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# 5 26-08-2011 , 10:15 PM

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in a few years time someone will be asking "where's the rabbit primitive? user added image

that's a "Ch" pronounced as a "K"

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# 6 26-08-2011 , 10:35 PM

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Because its pointless.

Originally Posted by tweetytunes

Unless you really need a teapot model, honestly though how often is that going to come up user added image

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# 7 26-08-2011 , 11:01 PM

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There is a teapot primitive in the bonus tools pack.

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# 8 27-08-2011 , 12:21 AM

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Well I do get the urge for a cup of tea while Im modelling, so......

two sugars please.....

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# 9 27-08-2011 , 02:57 AM

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Well I do get the urge for a cup of tea while Im modelling, so......

two sugars please.....

Jay

Originally Posted by Jay

me too, but i like mine with a bit of milk, and the tea to be green.

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# 10 27-08-2011 , 03:03 AM

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green tea with milk...? that's so wrong user added image

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# 11 27-08-2011 , 03:04 AM

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Surely it's not a primitive?

Still, that wouldn't stop me from adding an elephant primitive if I could... I wonder if I could write a script to do that....

Although now that I think about it, a teapot could look quite a bit like an elephant.

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# 12 27-08-2011 , 04:21 AM

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In Lightwave, there used to be an eagle in a barrel primitive.

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# 13 27-08-2011 , 05:36 PM

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In Lightwave, there used to be an eagle in a barrel primitive.

Originally Posted by NextDesign

Wait...What?! user added image

That's absurd and brilliant at the same time.

Any idea why?

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# 14 27-08-2011 , 07:01 PM

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That sounds amazing.

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# 15 27-08-2011 , 08:24 PM

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yeah green tea and milk is very very wrong!

Its earl grey or darjeeling old boy.....what what!! tiffin at four pm sharpish, milk and sugar served and stirred with a silver tea spoon!!

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