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Better way to scale faces?

Take a look at the attached image. We have a 6 sided cylinder whose side faces have been extracted out (with keep faces together off). On the left...

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by ctbram

08-12-2012|05:22 PM

Replies: 4

Star Trek Into DarknessTrailer

Cant believe nobody posted this yet, but for those who havent seen it: Star Trek Into Darkness - Official Teaser (HD) - YouTube I have a crazy...

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by PixalZA

08-12-2012|01:57 PM

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Hotkeys for the Camera Sequencer ?

I am trying to find the Hotkeys for the Camera Sequencer. Simple play_toggle, skip_forward a shot, skip_backwards a shot, goto_begining of sequence,...

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by mettam

08-12-2012|01:09 AM

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Rotate an edge but only move the affected vertices on a given axis? | Page: 1 2

Hi all, I am trying to model the following simple structure: http://s159880906.online.de/mayaproblem/example1.jpg I made this example by...

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by ctbram

07-12-2012|10:08 PM

Replies: 18

Help using the UV Texture Editor.

Hello! New to the forums and to Maya. When I click on the toggle shaded UV display icon, my whole face is shaded red, except my ears. They're blue....

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by BarrySTFUSrsly

04-12-2012|05:23 PM

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serious problem in maya 2010

Good evening, this is my first post here. I started maya 2010 64-bit Windows 7, because the console displays "error Sat 10 December 2011...

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by gewitter

04-12-2012|04:13 PM

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Underwater god rays

I'm working on my sea lion render and at the moment I'm using volume caustics to create the shafts of light, but I'm finding this to be a pain to...

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by elephantinc

04-12-2012|12:22 AM

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Nurbs Hull

Hello, guys I am back with another problem.. I m working on a tutorial in which I am supposed to add two isoparms then right click and choose...

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by ctbram

01-12-2012|09:12 PM

Replies: 12

Distributed render manager

Hi all, Preface: Our program uses mac pros (and iMacs) while Maya, C4D, and AE are the render heavy apps. I am interested in working with the...

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by NextDesign

29-11-2012|05:08 AM

Replies: 8

Physical Sky

Hi guys, first time posting in the forum ! I'm still pretty new to the physical sky attributes and connections . May i know how do i...

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by Randomiseddn

29-11-2012|03:04 AM

Replies: 7

Receiver | Page: 1 2 3 4

So im not exactly an audiophile but I got a receiver for about 100usd.(yamaha rxv463) Was wondering if my pc can decode hd audio so that I can...

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by murambi

28-11-2012|04:40 PM

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custom plants sway

Hello, i have made a plant, not from paint effects. I duplicated it to make a mass of plants and plan to make them sway by the wind. Then how do i...

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by choo

28-11-2012|07:26 AM

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Is it possible to add just a single vertex to an edge/line?

http://i50.tinypic.com/29ll8bn.jpg Such as on the middle of the line on the roof there?

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by ctbram

27-11-2012|06:25 PM

Replies: 7

Sand Timer

I'm relatively new to using maya, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to animate a sandtimer/eggtimer in maya. I'm guessing that you'd need to use...

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by Nilla

27-11-2012|05:57 PM

Replies: 5

I got the money, I got the time. How long will it take?

Alright! So a lot of things have come together over the passed year, and I find myself in a situation where I have plenty of money, plenty of...

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by MamoruK

26-11-2012|10:27 AM

Replies: 9

3d model downloads?

I was wondering if there was any kind of website where you can download simple 3d models for free for maya? I´m interested in downloading models like...

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by Charlie21

26-11-2012|08:39 AM

Replies: 5

key framing parent/unparent

is there a way to do this? Most of the time i need to do switches from animating between IK and FK and i can get 1 parenting action in there, say on...

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by MamoruK

26-11-2012|06:44 AM

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zdepth all white

Hi i have this unusual problem with z depth. I used to render fine with pass or layer but in this scene, the pass came out all white even though the...

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by choo

25-11-2012|08:49 AM

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.fbx model not moving

Hi guys, I sort of asking this in my other question but Ive got a .fbx model which looks great and everything, but i cant seem to be able to...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|10:57 PM

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Maya file and Project lost/disappeared, Help PLEASE

On sep 04 I was working on one project, I didn't save it as project but just saved it on desktop later drop it on a folder. I have the render...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|09:03 PM

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lightfog reflection?

Hi, i have created a spotlight with a lightfog. I got a mirror in the scene but the lightfog doesn't show up in the reflection. Anyone knows how to...

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by choo

24-11-2012|02:57 PM

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vray question

i assigned a blinn for both images below: with mental ray http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn13/sifidis/clouds_obj.jpg and with vray ...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|09:33 AM

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New issues with Texture Mapping | Page: 1 2

Hi dear Maya professionals, I reached another point struggling with textures. OMG, this chapter is a never ending story :furious: How can I...

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by stwert

23-11-2012|07:43 PM

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Can't figure out how do to circular holes

I've been googling and what not since yesterday now and I can't figure this one out. I'm fairly new to Maya and this is more or less the first...

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by Tottel

23-11-2012|09:38 AM

Replies: 4

Visual glitches with the spacebar

I just started learning Maya 2013. It I tap the spacebar it switches from a single view to a quad view as the tutorial says. If I hold the space bar...

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by Tottel

22-11-2012|03:00 PM

Replies: 5