Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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Hi, Does any one knows how to hold a C++ variable in MEL script. I made a plug-in that connects MAYA to other software, and when the command...
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by Alan
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Cwaist is all the bones gouped so its pivot is in the orgin rfoot and lfoot are my control foot bones. and im tring to gey the waist to say...
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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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Anyone here familiar with 'Complete Maya Programming' book by David Gould? Well I'm studying with that book now and I'm kinda stuck with sth I don't...
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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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suzanne 23-07-2004|05:19 AM
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I have some questions regarding making a plugin for Maya in the Maya 8.0 Script Editor. But first I would like to show you what I have so far in the...
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I need a tool which enables me to create contribution maps with a name of my choice and adding opacity pass to the respective contribution map. ...
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Hi, I've heard a lot about MEL and that it can be used extensively in the CG industry. But can someone explain to me exactly what areas it is used...
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nspiratn 18-09-2003|02:18 PM
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I keep getting a syntax error when I try to put the result of a polyUnite into a string array. string $polySurf; = `polyUnite $planeList...
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by Gen
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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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leotikansas 08-05-2008|09:05 PM
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I downloaded the findAndReplace.mel script from: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/findandreplace I put it in the scripts folder. When I...
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by ieoie
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I would like to go further into rigging my characters and gain a solid MEL education mostly for animation (so I can build my own animation tools to...
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tgx 30-01-2003|05:02 PM
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Hey guys, Was wondering how would I go about either setting a particle grid to be made on the position of a plane or have a plane be created at a...
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bendingiscool 19-05-2008|11:33 PM
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Just got my copy of Mark's book today. OMG, this rocks! I'm going to have to be careful that MEL doesn't take over my life. Nice job, Mark! :D
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by Hugh
21-05-2003|07:56 AM
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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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string $selections = `ls -sl`; for ($selection in $selections) { addAttr -ln vcoord -at double -min 0 -max 1 $selection; ...
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Is their any script through which i can convert my high poly model to low poly...?
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Hello, I have sprites that I would like to make randomly rotate on the Z Axis, how would you write an expression for this? Cheers in advance. ...
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here's a script I've been working on. It'll make camera animation alot easier. Some people have helped me create it when I got stuck on the coding,...
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Happy New Year all! I was wondering if there's a way of setting start and end times on a runtime expression. I mean, since a runtime expression is...
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by Calvin
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Hi, Suppose I have one human model(A) and another human model of different size(B). I want to transform A to B that is I want to transform the...
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I have a treeView control that will not display all the items ( 1500) that I've added. Is there a maximum number of items that I can add? Is...
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Hi guys, how do I add smoke to my train - I want the smoke to blow upwards when the train is stationary, and for it to blow backwards as the train...
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by Alan
26-11-2003|07:04 PM
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New to script writing, I tried using a script from a book and it gave me this error. What does that mean? seems "$include" is fairly common. So...
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I am planning on releasing the MEL program that I described earlier as sophisticated MEL animation program that: Automatically animates both biped...
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