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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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Beveling NURBS Cube for making dice | Page: 1 2

I'm racking my brains trying to find a way to bevel the edges of a NURBS cube for the purpose of making dice. I've attached a render I did with...

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by sjurick

25-07-2003|11:41 PM

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adding handles to a vase

Sorry for the simple question but I'm feeling pretty new to this stuff. I'm modeling a simple claypot thing and I'm wondering about the best way...

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by 3djoe

23-07-2003|07:31 PM

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Why does my history not record anymore??

THE PROBLEM IS FOUND. POST CAN BE CLOSED SORRY. :rolleyes:

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by otaku

22-07-2003|05:29 PM

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converting object types

though i feel i already know what answers i will get. i must ask. Does anyone know of a way to convert poly's to nurbs? the steps must ...Must...

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by mtmckinley

22-07-2003|05:14 PM

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Having some probs

http://members.optushome.com.au/hardwired/nurbsProb.jpg Here's the story, the hat for my little robot was 2 seperate nurbs pieces, 1 for the brim...

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by fredriksson

22-07-2003|11:11 AM

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How should I do that ?

Hello friends of 3D ! Well I´m modelling on a little old propeller airplane with nurbs. Now I want to connect the wing to the main body of the...

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by bernhard

22-07-2003|10:36 AM

Replies: 10

Need help please! something strange has happened...

Hey guys. Something really strange happened to me and I have no idea how to solve it. I seem to have lost the history of my curves permenantely....

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by gurt

22-07-2003|05:48 AM

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Polysmoothing

theres a feature in 3dsmax called NURMS surfaces and what it allows u to do is have a low res poly object, then u activate NURMS and the surface now...

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by mtmckinley

20-07-2003|10:05 PM

Replies: 2

photorealistic salt shaker

Hi everyone... first post here. I used to model in Studio Tools... stopped modeling for a couple years, and now I'm trying to pick up Maya with...

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by bdog

20-07-2003|04:32 PM

Replies: 9

Trimmed surfaces can´t be stiched ?

Hello friends ! well, I don´t know if that is true. I´ve trimmed a surface - and the result I want to stitch with a second surface. But it...

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by bernhard

20-07-2003|03:52 PM

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Odd Appendages

Please have a look at the image below, it shows two polygons sticking out awkwardly... This was achieved by creating a simple poly thing (just...

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by gazzamataz

18-07-2003|04:48 PM

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attaching curves

hi, I drew 2 EP curves one linear1 and one cubic3. now I want to attach them so I can duplicate it and make a loft. However every time I use the...

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by d24e

17-07-2003|08:48 PM

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is it ok to use nurbs and polys?

certain things are easy to do with nurbs, and others are cool to use polys..is it ok to use both in the same scene, or will it cost rendering and...

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by G-Style

15-07-2003|09:08 PM

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problem with curve snaps!

lets say i have two curves. one is in edit point mode, and i want to move the point on the edge of this curve so that it touches the other curve. ...

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by vhylynx

15-07-2003|12:59 AM

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one of my curve is grayed!

i think i locked it accidentally and now i couldnt do anything on this curve. it is grayed! and i didnt put / lock it in a layer or anything. what...

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by mtmckinley

14-07-2003|11:34 PM

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how to cut a curve where another curve touches?

two curves. one curve's end point touches the other curve in the middle. how to cut the second curve at the point where it is touched by the first...

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by vhylynx

14-07-2003|09:46 PM

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how to insert an edit point to a curve?

please let me know how! thanks

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by Kühl

14-07-2003|09:41 PM

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Extrude Prroblem

Hello friends of curves & nurbs ! I´ve built 2 simply EP-Curves which are crossing. I want to create a simply extrude surface, but the surface...

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by bernhard

14-07-2003|08:36 PM

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Nurbs trimming and attaching issue

Hi :) Well first: Just signed in to the board, really interesting stuff going on. Amazing community! And now for the question :) I'm working on...

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by HackMachine

14-07-2003|01:36 PM

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stitching two different surfaces together?

i was browsing the subaru wrx tutorial. how did he do this : http://www.blissdd.com/WRX/Tutorial/pages/book_pages/Book037.html and then the...

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by vhylynx

14-07-2003|12:57 PM

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Poly Count Problem

I recently joined a mod team for a game and am required to design military tanks around 3000 polys. I'm doing just fine except for the fact that the...

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by train_ucl

14-07-2003|11:47 AM

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Patch modeling

Hello I'm wondering If anyone has a patch modeling tutorial coming up, I don't really know how that works. see ya

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by drknow

11-07-2003|05:13 PM

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Maya 2 Lightwave

Hi!! Is there a plugin for exporting maya scenes to lightwave?? Cheers!

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by Jim

11-07-2003|01:53 PM

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sub d modeling is it still slow?? in 5.

is sub d modeling still slow in maya 5???

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by Raull

10-07-2003|03:41 AM

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are 3 point polys acceptable?

When modeling polys for subdivision should I keep everything 4 points? or can I be lazy and get away with 3 once in a while? will this cause problems...

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