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Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

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Position of a robotic arm

3D Robot Arm Animated in Maya - YouTube I want to bring my Robotic arm to the position as it is shown at 0:04 in the video. Please help how to do...

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by fabeha

06-08-2012|06:56 AM

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Animating a Robotic Arm

I have been assigned a task to animate a Robotic Laboratory using Maya. I am very new in Maya hence facing alot of problems especially with...

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by fabeha

03-08-2012|08:24 AM

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BINDING after rigging issue [heat map]

I am using auto rig for my rigging assignment, i tried using their autorig but it was too much work so i decided to use maya heat map binding. I rig...

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by anderyna

24-07-2012|10:55 AM

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Deleting Weight Key in Animation Layer

Okay, this may seem stupid question, but here goes. I put some weight key in animation layer, and then saved it. Then on the next day I wanted to...

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by Darkmot

15-07-2012|11:31 PM

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Skeleton normals

Hi guys, some advice if possible. I have some dynamic characters I tried to import into an engine, now I am told my skeletons normals were broken...

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by ctbram

13-07-2012|12:31 PM

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Multiply characters in animation

I need help. i I need to animate hundreds of germs in a bathroom scene. how do u do this? basically i I just want to multiply the same rig and the...

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by Rob30th

06-07-2012|11:31 PM

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Automatic path from model ? | Page: 1 2

Hey, I got this rail track and "train". I added curve path it goes fine, But the problem is that rail track is very long. ...

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by lauris47

06-07-2012|11:20 AM

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Strange Tweening "Spinning" Between Frames

I have a pose I made with a rigged model in maya. I pulled some of the joints around to make a pose and then wanted to alter that pose and tween the...

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by edisonfloyd

06-07-2012|07:52 AM

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Render causes animation to reposition on some frames

im having this problem. when i playback the animation in the timeline, it plays correctly. so ill then batch render and on certain frames, the...

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by NextDesign

06-07-2012|05:26 AM

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Combining Controller With Motion Path

Hello, I'm new to Maya, and I don't know if this question has already been asked, but I couldn't find it from search, so here goes. I'm trying to...

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by Darkmot

05-07-2012|05:03 AM

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keyframing a propeller

hey guys i have a propeller blade ( though its not specific to this per say) and i have it rotating 360degrees with post infinity cycle with...

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by oxygenfish

20-06-2012|02:49 AM

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ikhandle probs

hi guys pls help me.. i am maya 2011 user

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by omegaend

06-06-2012|12:14 PM

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How to complete the hand topology for a game model

I have gone this far on retopologizing a game char. I have gone through many resources on how to make the hand topology but all seems to be different...

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by daverave

24-05-2012|09:18 PM

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Facial rigging or blend shapes?

which do y'all prefer since I'm going to be starting to rig up my model and at first i was going to go with blend shapes for the face but I'm looking...

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by MamoruK

24-05-2012|12:42 AM

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moving noise in animation

I've produced a texture with various fractals and noise plugged into it. it looks fine in a still render, but when its used in an animation one of...

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by se7enhedd

17-05-2012|09:32 PM

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Animating and constraints

I have a reverse foot setup that has been constrained to the foot joints and single ik chain in the leg (for a project...) Everything works fine...

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by snvn

16-05-2012|08:35 AM

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Problems with joint Flexor can anyone help?

I have added a joint flexor to my elbow joint, but every time I try to bend it to the angle in the picture it creases and folds strange. I have...

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by Bloodylotus

08-05-2012|06:55 PM

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Animation Methods?

I've had this question for a while: Is there an alternative way of animating other than using joints? I've seen this in alot of Rigs, and it looks...

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by Gen

25-04-2012|05:04 PM

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propeller Helico

Hello Problem rotation proppler Tail rotor axis and Main Rotor Turn not in the axis .. (SeePicture) See:...

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by CLAUDE

25-04-2012|08:18 AM

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quick test

so i'm doing a bunch of little tests for my school to pass up the intro classes and this is one of them. still a few tweaks to do in it but u get the...

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by MamoruK

24-04-2012|09:12 AM

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Face Controller.

I have connected blendshapes to a curve controller, But it resets when i move it halfway up, In the pictures you can see how the values on the...

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by Zebahan

23-04-2012|07:28 AM

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BlendShapes stopped working!

So I have rigged up a face with blenshapes, and after animating amount of frames, When I move around the controller, theres no deifference from...

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by daverave

21-04-2012|09:25 PM

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Few questions from a beginner

Hi all, First, apologies if these questions have been asked before. I'm not really sure how to describe them, or if there are any technical terms...

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by animationspot

19-04-2012|11:02 AM

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ferris wheel animation help

hi i have a model of a ferris wheel and im tring to animate it using driven keys any help thanks

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by stwert

16-04-2012|05:24 PM

Replies: 9

Custom Animation Interface

This might be an annoying question. But is there any tutorial out there that shows how to make those custom interfaces with curves to change facial...

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by petersrin

15-04-2012|04:32 PM

Replies: 3