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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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Couple of maya problems, and quick question.

I am having some problems with modeling. First of all, sometimes when I try to merge polys by doing boolyans, then unity, both of the polygons just...

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by j5ive

20-09-2005|08:12 AM

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Attach a camera to a motion path with an aim

Whats the best way to attach an camera to a curve, but have the camera aim at a locator?

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by wrp

19-09-2005|09:41 PM

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Spitfire Exhaust pipes??

Hello Kurt. I'm making my own spitfire and i have one question. How did you model the exhaust pipes in the front of the airplane? I'm using...

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by kablink

19-09-2005|06:43 PM

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Optical Illusion movie

Check out this short CG film called Optical Illusion, it's really intresting. http://eugen.ro/anim/iluzii_web.MOV

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by Shadeblade

19-09-2005|05:05 PM

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Joint tool

Is there any way to scale the joint tool down? I'm following Kurt's Low poly tut and the joints keep themselves inside the model, mine are huge and...

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by j5ive

19-09-2005|08:57 AM

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Smooth Shadows

Hey folks! i got a little render problem, when i'm rendering my scene i got nice shadow and thats cool, but i want that the edge of my shadow be...

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by Alan

19-09-2005|08:49 AM

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System Temperature

Is there any temperature reader program I can use to read my CPU,GPU etc temperature? My PC keeps crashing when I download a lot of stuff but I'm...

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by Anhslaught

19-09-2005|08:23 AM

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Image plane problem

i am new to maya and i'm experiencing this problem right now: after importing the image planes, whenever i use the front and side views, i have...

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by t1ck135

19-09-2005|07:28 AM

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Dusty Area Light Shadow

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL906/4029060/8369056/112409597.jpg 1. I have an area light on the left, and a point light on the right. Raytrace...

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by s4mmy

19-09-2005|06:42 AM

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Attaching a Camera to a Motion Path

Hi All, Im new here, and to maya (as you cant tell by me being in the newbie forums), anyway i need some help. I need to attach a camera to a...

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by s4mmy

19-09-2005|05:45 AM

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Attach surfaces?

I'm making an aircraft and i'm just about connecting the wing to the rest of the body. I want all the marked vertices together but it seems that...

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by haynesy

19-09-2005|04:09 AM

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To create piping

Is it possible for me to create a single curve, and then create a pipe around that curve with the press of a button? Like a hotkey or something........

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by Shadeblade

18-09-2005|05:17 PM

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Know the fundamentals...

...and now i want to model a character (full body), does anybody know any free tutorials to help me out? Thanks! Michael:p

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by sk8ermike6789

18-09-2005|03:33 PM

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T-Re Modelling DVD

Hi kevin...... I stay at Bombay (INDIA).... WIll u let me know one thing.... What if I buy 50 points......... am I entitled to receive th T-REX...

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by lalit_wani

17-09-2005|01:29 PM

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hosting packages

If anyone knows of a cheap host where I can transfer a domain in, park another and possibly have an SSH login with PHP/MySQL (yes I program websites)...

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by t1ck135

17-09-2005|07:30 AM

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which constraint to use?

hi everyone i'm currently designing a v22 osprey and i wasn't sure what kind of constraint should i apply to the propellors. i need a constraint...

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by vladimirjp

17-09-2005|04:43 AM

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GOAL! Opinions?

I saw this on Sunday at the cast and crew screening. Not as bad as I thought it would be. Although I did feel that sometimes I was being bludgeoned...

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