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Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

In this course we're going to look at something a little different, creating technically accurate 3D printed parts.

Particle Overlap - Omni Emitter not Random?

Good evening, I'm working on my thesis on Generating Starfields in 3D and have run into a bit of a problem. Following suggestions by Tolerate...

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by ragecgi

02-10-2005|06:53 AM

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Making a polygon from selected vertices

I'm coming from Lightwave, in the modeler you use "p" to do this. Is there a similar function in Maya? that is, select vertices and make a polygon...

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by rendfox

28-09-2005|07:01 AM

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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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HI~ EVERYBODY...

I am a asian maya fans,want to make some friends here:) i want to kown if i was wolcomed here~:blush:

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by dae

22-09-2005|08:01 AM

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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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Smoothing issues

Does anyone know if it is possible to seperate smoothed faces on a polygonal object, like the option available in 3ds max`s editable poly (smoothing...

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by blomkaal

30-09-2005|04:11 PM

Replies: 4

Artifact help

Hi, Im getting some strange artifacts during a render, the scene consists of a single green glass on a plane surrounded by a sphere with an hdri...

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by ribbons

26-09-2005|01:17 PM

Replies: 4

What am i doing wrong

ok i have a question. i bought one of the simply maya videos and every thing is going fine but i have one problem. the video showed me how to creat a...

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by j5ive

29-09-2005|10:48 AM

Replies: 4

Modelling hair tuts

Does any body know of any tutorials for modelling hair, preferably female hairstyles, or can anyone offer any tips how to go about it for a...

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by j5ive

29-09-2005|08:55 AM

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importing Terragen 2 Maya

hey, i've just learned about the awsome Terragen program, but I have problems with importing the mesh to maya. I export it out in OBJ format, but...

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by Phopojijo

06-10-2005|06:49 AM

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strange triangles on model

hello i borrowed my mates dvd of danger mouse and while watching it it tried to make his car. i get these triangles that apear darker on the side...

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by Phopojijo

03-10-2005|11:59 PM

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wierd deform when rotating.

Problem. When im rotating objects they deform as they rotate. Why is maya doing this all i want to do is rotate the object not deform it, how can...

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by stickyhead

14-01-2006|02:29 AM

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New user:)

hello everyone: i'am a new user ,,i hope that i'll find valuable knowledge here :):).. i'am a new user to maya and so happy to start trying this...

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by magicsy

22-01-2006|09:57 PM

Replies: 4

Normal Map Woes

Hi I've been reading almost everywhere on how to render Normal Maps in Maya7 and I seem to be stuck. I've used all the suggestions for using JS...

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by mr.wayne

16-09-2006|01:35 AM

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Problem with TRANSLATE attribute

Hello people! I hope I will get some help from you, cuz I'm so depressed because of this. When I use snap to grid (X) or without it and try to move...

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by EX-Nitro

16-09-2006|06:15 AM

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Image plane problem ?

Well i forget how i can see in my front view . Why i can't see my image in front view ... ?? :confused: :confused:

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by ColdWave

09-11-2007|06:56 PM

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Creating house from floor plan, Advice please :)

I’m a second year student at university and I’m about to start an assessment piece where I have to build a house from a floor plan. I set up Maya so...

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by haka

07-11-2007|02:19 PM

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Getting absloute co-ordinates in maya

hi, is there any way in maya to display absolute co-ordinates? I've got a couple of vertices that have moved out of symmetry on my modes and I...

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by gubar

15-11-2007|08:42 AM

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cloth effect without ncloth

Hi I´m working on an animation project for my studies. Unfortunately we are not allowed to use the ncloth plugin for it. I´try to make a short...

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by Tobsen

26-11-2007|12:58 PM

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Making a metal like material

I've been experimenting with blinn and phong, to try and create a metal like material. Something which is silver in colour and a little reflective....

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by gubar

01-12-2007|05:24 AM

Replies: 4

Vertex to locater

Hi I have a problem were I click on the vertex but the locater is in the postion that the vertex would be if I pressed the 1 button any...

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