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Inventor to Maya | Page: 1 2

Does anyone know what the best way is to import assemblies from inventor into maya whilst retaining both colour and structure hierarchy?

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by leonb2273

11-12-2012|05:09 PM

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maya 2008 very weird problem. faces are missing on object | Page: 1 2

hi everyone, I just model a F16 jet, when i tried some rendering and smooth , suddenly i saw some of the faces are missing, the reason I dont...

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by sandov

04-04-2012|09:08 PM

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How to copy and reverse keys? | Page: 1 2

I'm animating a fan(switch on the fan,running,switch off) for this I want to copy and reverse keys,which set at starting,because fan starting and...

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by artbun

06-11-2017|04:33 AM

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When to keep as seperate objects? | Page: 1 2

I am currently working on a project which I will put up as a wip tonight or tomorrow, but I am unsure as to whether or not/when to keep an item as...

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by daverave

09-01-2013|06:05 PM

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How to get rid of this thing in Maya | Page: 1 2

Can someone please help me in Maya how to get rid of this black light or texture? All I did was just import the obj model and I got this:help:

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by Heist

11-09-2012|01:35 AM

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fur and wind | Page: 1 2

Hi there. I got a little problem. I made some grass with fur. Now I want go with the camera through the grass. When this happens it would be cool if...

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by stwert

29-08-2012|02:28 PM

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particles trouble | Page: 1 2

hello. i have made a large scene with animations and want now to add some particle effects for gun smokes. the timeline has about 1000 frames now....

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by mickhah

23-08-2012|10:09 AM

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New laptop | Page: 1 2

Hi guys, as I'm going to study at university, will need to buy a laptop. Have thought about ultrabook as it's pretty light,handy and got fairly good...

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by NextDesign

13-07-2012|04:42 PM

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Urgent help plzzz | Page: 1 2

Hey, :help: I've been modelling this thing for school, and all of a sudden I'm really stuck. I've got this orange and red edges and vertexes and I...

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by ctbram

02-04-2012|05:14 AM

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Which 3d painting tool is the best? | Page: 1 2

Hi, i was looking for some 3d painting tools but couldn't decide which one works fine. I was going to try mari but my display card is ATI mobility...

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by goggles

23-03-2012|06:37 PM

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Mirrored Mesh texturing off-colour | Page: 1 2

Hi, I have one mesh object that I have UV unwrapped and baked. I duplicated and mirrored this object with -1 setting, keeping in tact UV settings...

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by ctbram

07-03-2012|02:43 AM

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Building a Dedicated Maya Computer | Page: 1 2

I have decided to build a dedicated Maya Computer for my work in Maya. I am interested in anyone else's experiences too. The computer I am...

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by ctbram

28-02-2012|08:16 PM

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Could someone explain me Rebuild Curve/Surface | Page: 1 2

Hello, i am really stuck in the middle of learning Maya, I have seen in many tutorials that, this two Rebuild curve or surface are very often used....

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by Maximiliano

29-02-2012|02:08 PM

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Adding more divisions to the flat ends of a cylinder? | Page: 1 2

Aloha, I'm just wondering how to add more circular divisions to the flat-end of a cylinder. I want to create an inner ring that can be...

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by yoruneko

08-02-2012|02:25 PM

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Solid Shatter Limitation? | Page: 1 2

Hi Everybody I have started experimenting with shatter under dynamics. I've found that as long as I stick to simple primitive polygons (cube,...

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by stwert

24-04-2012|04:44 PM

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I forgot how to control raytraced shadows' transparency | Page: 1 2

Can someone tell me how to get the raytraced shadows to look more transparent, please? I remember that on a project with the solar system, I used...

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by SilverFeather

14-03-2013|11:32 PM

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zbrush | Page: 1 2

Can anyone suggest tuts to learn the basics of zbrush where I can make it through at least the first lesson without wanting to cut out and eat my own...

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by ctbram

13-04-2013|08:45 PM

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Is there a way to make an object change colors based on light/p.o.v? | Page: 1 2

Let's say there's this object... http://i.imgur.com/rPY6NWU.png How do I make it shine in various colors depending on angle of view / angle of the...

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by SilverFeather

29-04-2013|03:29 PM

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aligning 2 high-poly meshes | Page: 1 2

I'm struggling to precisely align two unwieldy high-poly meshes that share an overlapped region. My approach is to pick three common points of...

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by BenjyvC

03-05-2013|12:45 PM

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Help with making a glass | Page: 1 2

:help: How do i make glass transparent? I followed a tutorial to make it since i'm really new to maya, this is my first project. I followed all...

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by Gen

10-02-2015|11:26 AM

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Sharing My Music and Sound Effects - Over 900 Tracks | Page: 1 2

Hi everyone, I've created over 1000 tracks of music and sound effects that you are welcome to use in your games, videos or anything else you can...

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by EricMatyas

20-09-2016|10:44 PM

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Cool Videoclip | Page: 1 2

Hey people, download the videoclip of Frejat with the music "segredos". Look for video files on KaZaA with the keyword "Frejat". It's a well done...

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by Protheus

17-09-2002|12:10 PM

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Purpose of NURBS | Page: 1 2

I hope this is the right forum. What exactly are NURBS used for? I mean, I know you can make cool pictures and animations, but if you took out...

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by BulletProof

20-09-2002|12:22 PM

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In my moment of heart brokedness | Page: 1 2

my best friend has gone to uni :'( we used to talk all day about random stuff, special things, everything, now shes at uni, we kinda lost that...

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by Nem

27-09-2002|09:39 PM

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Kev, kal, other pros, baffling problem :( | Page: 1 2

ok, firstly, ive attached the scene file so you can all take a look and hopefully follow along, its very hard to explain ok, ive used rigid bind to...

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