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Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

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Babby buggy

Hi all. I need to animate a baby buggy but I want to create a expression so the when the buggy is translated in the +x and -x direction I want the...

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by Stephen

24-09-2006|09:33 AM

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systematic scene/image plane setup with MEL

I am working on a project with someone and I need a mel script to set up image planes with certain positions and size attributes. I have tried...

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by Jasonnator

29-09-2006|10:56 AM

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radio buttons

I'm trying to figure out how to use radio buttons. I've got it part of the way in the attached script, but can't get it to query the label. Can...

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by Dann

30-09-2006|11:26 AM

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Obtaining Data From Graphs

Hi Guys Is there any way to get a set of data from a graph in maya, for example a data series of the points of which keys are set so that the...

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by gster123

22-10-2006|05:14 PM

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contraining lots of objects

does anybody know of some code which allows me to orient- and point-constrain 200 objects to 200 other objects in another way than -> select -r...

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by Falott

28-10-2006|10:25 AM

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please,.. help an architecture student

I'm architecture studet and I'm doing my final project using .mel scripting to generate the design. I've made an script to create some boxes with...

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by laiamulet

02-11-2006|02:45 AM

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error: it is an undeclared variable, but...I've declared!

I have the main procedure called shoppingMall (). In this procedure I've defined the position of the boxes in world coordinates and after I call...

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by Alan

06-11-2006|01:51 PM

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creating a script

Hey guys, im trying to learn scripting and creating scripts. My aim is to create a script, plugin or program that enables me to quickly create...

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by mr pix.

22-12-2006|03:00 PM

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Rotating faces randomly

Hi I am very new to mel commands, I have split my polygon faces in to single pieces.now i have more the 1000 faces. I want to animate them...

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by Weyu

23-02-2008|07:50 AM

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knowing face applied texture ?

how to retrieve which texture is applied to the a poligonal face? like listAttr texturename pCube1.f ? it is possible?

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by Jay

25-09-2007|05:41 PM

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mel for MR render?

so i'm new to using MEL but i've read alot of ppl saying to use mel to render with MR so maya isn't really running and MR can use the freed...

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by adamranders

09-03-2008|12:39 PM

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by t1ck135

02-04-2008|01:46 AM

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Automated unwrapping of multiple objects using scripting

I have a quick question, that hopefully someone on here can help me with. I have a lot of small objects that I would like to unwrap (250 or so)...

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by bendingiscool

19-05-2008|03:12 AM

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simple script to select objects

I would like to write a mel script to select certain objects.. for instance i would like to select the joints in a rig I intend to skin to. (I...

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by leotikansas

08-05-2008|09:05 PM

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asign sliderFunction to costum window

first of all - please dont kick my ass. I know this is a very basic question where one usually would point to the docs. fact is - maya´s helpfiles...

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by Falott

31-07-2008|12:07 AM

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Using expressions on multiple objects

Hey guys, Basically what I am after is a way of running an expression on multiple objects, for instance... polySphere -name "ball"; expression...

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by bendingiscool

22-10-2008|05:43 AM

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expression update problem

Hey, I'm havng a problem with an expression, I'm trying to get Maya to do something when it reaches a current time, here's what I have so far... ...

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by bendingiscool

18-11-2008|04:09 PM

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incrementing variables in loops

Hey, so there a way to create incremented variables inside of loops, for instance... /////////////////// // select some objects string...

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by vladimirjp

22-12-2008|06:34 PM

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namespaceInfo

Hey all, I'm trying to figure out a way to query what objects are in each namespace in my file. Let's assume that I've imported and/or referenced...

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by honestdom

10-01-2009|10:34 PM

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Creating vertices

Hi I'm a MEL noob, so be kind! I'm wondering whether it's possible to create vertices in Maya using a MEL script. I want to be able to use a...

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by NextDesign

06-11-2012|04:04 AM

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Flow Animation script

Ive installed and tried to run a script called Flow Animation v1.2. Apparently its made for maya 2009 I have 2011 x64. I keep getting an error that...

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by clocker1

28-04-2012|04:59 PM

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Neuron builder

I don't know if anyone's interested, but I posted a beta MEL utility for importing neuron data. You don't have to know any biology to use it, so I'd...

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by stwert

02-10-2013|01:01 PM

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Idea for a Maya + Python project for a class.

Hi, My name is Devin. So, I am currently a student in a program at the University of New Mexico called IFDM (Interdisciplinary Film and Digital...

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by WestSideHK

20-11-2013|07:56 PM

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Question about a Maya + Python project for school class.

Hi, My name is Devin. So, I am currently a student in a program at the University of New Mexico called IFDM (Interdisciplinary Film and Digital...

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by WestSideHK

02-12-2013|05:46 PM

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3x3/randomize an object's UVs

I remember a few years back when i tried making a tree I got adviced to use a script that would layout my UVs for the leaves 3x3. This was the link i...

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by Skalman

02-03-2014|09:50 PM

Replies: 2

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