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Passing particles through geometry holes

I have a grate that I want smoke to filter through. Right now I have the fluidShape resolution:size ratio at 6:1. It works, but bogging down on my...

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by Razor Blade

13-10-2005|08:06 PM

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help with rigid body dynamics.

Anyone know of any good articles dealing with rigid body dynamics.. tips, pointers and strategies? :beer:

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by ragecgi

05-02-2003|05:47 AM

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goal for rigid bodies

Hey, I'm trying to find a way to make a 'goal' for Rigid Bodies, I'm guessing I will have to use expressions on the RB's impulse directions but am...

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by bendingiscool

25-10-2008|06:37 AM

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Galaxy Collision simulation

Hi! http://www.realitydiluted.com/mirrors/reality.sgi.com/mwatt_tor/galaxies.html Upon this article (not really a tutorial) I want to create a...

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by Markuz

10-06-2004|02:35 PM

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Hot air?

Anyone know how to make a transparency heat wave arises from a desert ground? Or hot air from a airplane engine? :confused:

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by ragecgi

27-08-2003|03:36 PM

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Flame in streetlamp

Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to maya and I'm currently working on a small park scene. The basic idea is a streetlamp with a burning flame in the top...

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by bendingiscool

28-12-2009|10:41 AM

Replies: 3

Help with volume fields?

Hi all, I am trying to make particles stay inside of a cone emitter. I am reading the manual, but still having trouble. Here is the excerpt: ...

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by rejh2

24-01-2007|10:52 AM

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RIGID DYNAMICS QUESTION?

RIGID DYNAMICS QUESTION? Im experimenting with rigid body dynamics and in my scene i have a few objects on a shelf, such as a ball and couple of...

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by mr pix.

05-10-2006|08:41 PM

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cloud particles too circular

Hey Guys, I'm currently making a scene which is just a thunderstorm in the clouds....what i'm doing is making the clouds in maya and taking them...

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by niobi xd

08-06-2005|03:37 PM

Replies: 5

I'm not sure this belongs in this thread

I want to make an animated Time Turner from the Harry potter series. I'm fairly confident I can model it, i'm just not sure how I would go about...

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by gster123

04-08-2010|06:47 PM

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Fuel Flow Simulation ...

I need to illustrate fuel flowing through a CG engine cut-away. We do some animation here on a small scale. Usually pretty basic stuff, nothing very...

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by ragecgi

24-07-2008|10:13 AM

Replies: 3

lightning

Hey when i add lightning into this scene is just straight i wonder if i'm overlooking something trying to get the lightning to to hit the object...

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by mtmckinley

18-09-2003|01:57 AM

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particle Emission

hey i want to emit a particle every time an object rotates 90 in the Z axis. float $Value = "getAttr frontGunGroup.rz";//gets the .rz //value...

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by pbman

11-08-2008|04:45 PM

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Lazers!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a way to make a lazer effect in maya like in a star wars movie.

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by NextDesign

30-05-2009|07:29 AM

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Random tentacle movement

I am designing a creature with tentacles that only needs them to flail around and collide but not grab anything. What would be the best way to move...

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by Jimby

10-11-2011|05:28 AM

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anyone know hair?

So I'm just trying to figure out Maya's hair systems. What I'm trying should be easy, but I can't get it right. I need to create a steel cable...

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by Dann

19-09-2008|03:34 PM

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tornado

thank you mike for your knowledge. the tut was great. have a ? though having problems with tweaking the lattice points for some reason. also had a...

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by ragecgi

13-04-2003|01:27 AM

Replies: 4

Rigid Body question (blastcode)

Hi There, I have a Rigid Solver question. I need to change the Solver for a rigidBody and I need to do this via the hypergraph, hypershade or...

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by r303

02-03-2006|10:50 AM

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rope effect...

hi, i wanna learn that how can i do a winch and rolling rope mechanism. I create a poly cyclinder for a winch and make it passive rigid and for the...

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by Nirmal_c

12-12-2007|02:49 PM

Replies: 3

Urgent help in syflex

I am using Syflex to create the cloth of my character, and it´s urgent, cause it´s for the TV, and soon it will be on air. Well, that´s the problem:...

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by Shayder

10-11-2004|09:39 PM

Replies: 1

firework timing

How do you get a firework to explode at a certain frame any help appreciated

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by Dann

02-11-2004|07:11 PM