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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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I´m currently reading The MEL Companion. very good lecture! but - is it possible, since the book was published in 2003 that some of the scripting...

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by Falott

05-03-2006|09:36 AM

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UI question

I am designing a simple user interface. I want user to input 2 separate float values, a text string, and select from a choice of 2 items. I want the...

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by mark_wilkins

23-07-2004|05:19 AM

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trying to learn

I'm trying to learn to write my first tool, using other people's tools as a reference as well as the docs. I want to add a slider and the docs tell...

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by Alan

25-02-2004|04:51 PM

Replies: 7

Trying to get my pinball-MELscript to work

Hi, I'm tryng to get pinball to run with Maya by using this MELO-script: It doesn't give me any errors, but it's not giving me anything else...

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by kbrown

21-01-2007|11:24 AM

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Trying to fins mel script for changing a character's bind pose

I've heard of it existing, but have no idea where to find it, or what it's called. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Cheers, phL

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by phloam

30-05-2004|03:35 AM

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truncate

Hey. Does anyone know how to trucate a number with some degree of control? My float values often look like 0.5505370157 and when I print them...

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by Dann

05-11-2004|01:40 AM

Replies: 2

triangles to quads

hi. i have a model done in all triangles. i want to convert the triangles to quads but i don't know how. i was pretty sure i did it once a long...

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by arneoog

11-12-2006|06:56 AM

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treeView addItem

I have a treeView control that will not display all the items ( 1500) that I've added. Is there a maximum number of items that I can add? Is...

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by eharmon

28-06-2016|04:29 PM

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Tree Generator Mel

I downloaded the "Tree Generator Mel". Its a free plugin... link below. http://www.treegenerator.mailru.com/ It Installed Ok, I'm very impressed...

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by Kevin

24-09-2002|03:44 PM

Replies: 4

transformTypeIn.mel

Some of you may have already downloaded my latest script. I though I'd let you know I just updated it. Here you go:...

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by kbrown

03-06-2003|11:51 PM

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transform node quation

Hi, I am trying to understrand the transformation matrices used in "transform" node. According to maya docs, the final transformation is : matrix =...

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by catchyid

08-11-2015|12:47 PM

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Toonshade problem

Hi guys. Wonder if you can help me on this one. I'm working on a 3 D nurbs model that is supposed to work like 2D outline animation, so I used...

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by ckyuk

09-08-2003|11:04 AM

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Toggling Back face Cull on/off [per object]

ok i am no scripter or mel guy, mostly modeling... trying to make a toggle back face culling on/off this seem to turn it on, but does not act as...

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by vladimirjp

19-11-2004|05:23 PM

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Toggling a button ON - OFF

In another thread, JDigital did me the favor of mentioning the jsOrientJointUI script. . . . I had been looking for a script that could use a toggle...

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by skywola

09-03-2006|06:09 AM

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toggle softselection

I´d like to have a toggle command for turning softselection on and off. unfortunately I can´t find a way to query the softselection state.. thx

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by Falott

24-03-2009|02:07 PM

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Toggle Resolution Gate

It's always bugged me that you can't get a hotkey or shelf button for stuff like toggling the Resolution gate on and off. And it's a major pain with...

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by stwert

30-10-2011|01:53 PM

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Toggle Isolate Selected

// Toggle Isolate Selected // string $visPanel=`getPanel -vis`; int $mode; if (size($visPanel)>0) { for ($panel in $visPanel) { if (`match...

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by Falott

05-09-2006|08:47 PM

Replies: 7

Toggle Backface Culling

Looking for a button to toggle Backface Culling? Here is a script you can drag to your shelf. It toggles Backface Culling on/off on selected...

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by masterfool

18-02-2005|06:40 PM

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time delay

Hi, I tried to follow the instructions in a tutorial about the making of a tail which uses a mel needed to delay the movement of joints, but when...

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by skywola

15-02-2006|03:18 AM

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The MEL "alias" command and how you can use it

During the building process of the Walkerman program that I created, I found that it was necessary at times to re-call up a window if I had closed...

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by skywola

04-03-2006|07:06 AM

Replies: 1

The best way?

Am I right in thinking the best way to select a node via a script would be to select it via a unique attribute name? As opposed to using an explicit...

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by misterjackson

10-10-2011|09:33 AM

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Texturing based on camera direction

Does anyone know how to write a script that would planar projection map all the faces of a model visible to the camera along the direction that the...

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by hkal

14-04-2004|06:57 AM

Replies: 6

Textfield Access help.

Hey Guys, Complete nub coder trying to streamline rigging process here. Having an issue with textfield queries within a window, as a start just...

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