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by dave_baer

11-07-2004|02:47 PM

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Sticky: Corrupted file prevention - A guide

I've seen a lot of "my file is corrupted" threads recently, and thought I would jot down some methods to avoid this. Now, this won't stop them from...

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by Janleex0

19-11-2015|07:54 AM

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Importing *.3ds file hell....

OK. I have tried several diffrerent *.3ds files that use textures and one out of four worked properly using the 3ds import plugin. The one model...

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by MikeAllen

08-09-2002|03:22 AM

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importing an bioVirtual BIO File

i got an program thats makeing an 3dobj and save's it in an bioVirtual BIO File tipe is it ani why to import it to maya?

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by smood

05-11-2002|05:13 PM

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Maya4.5 and Mental Ray. Config problem

I recently bought Maya 4.5 and also downloaded Mental Ray 1.5 Beta from AW's site. It is installed as required in the right directory but crashes the...

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by Orlan

07-11-2002|04:28 PM

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Placer Chipset review

Anyone who follows hardware will know that this chipset has been greatly anticipated, and heres one of the first reviews! If anybody is in the...

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by kal

18-11-2002|10:34 PM

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Direct X exporter wont work :(

i tried out the directx exporter from the microsoft sdk. but it does not work as it is only up to 4.0 and not 4.5. then i found at highend3d a...

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by BabyDuck

07-01-2003|08:53 PM

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Bitmap File Paths

When working off a server the bitmap paths change from "sourceimages/images" to "//sourceimages/images", when you open it on different computers on...

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by posthumust

08-01-2003|07:48 PM

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A Problem

I have a problem....and it's o do with the Shelf, again. :mad: I get this message: // Error: Object's name is not unique: Shelf2a01552 // when i...

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by doodle

10-01-2003|01:36 PM

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Admin - testing please ignore

Admin testing Tatiqrf account - test

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by tariqrf

07-02-2003|12:23 PM

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Batch Export need help

I'm trying to call my own export plugin via the maya -batch -file .... "file -exportAll" at this point I have no idea how to call my own plugin and...

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by snaggletooth

12-02-2003|07:00 PM

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Attention Mac Users!

For those of you having problems running Maya 4.5 with OSX 10.2.3, Apple just released the 10.2.4 update. Apparently, this fixes the incompatibility...

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by dannyngan

14-02-2003|12:30 AM

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GFX Card (Output) Query

Hi, I am making myself a showreel. I have rendered much of my Maya stuff into Adobe Premier, which eventually will need to be copied (exported)...

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by Jasi76

24-02-2003|06:16 PM

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PERFORMANCE

i've stared the thread at maya chat so here it is http://forum.simplymaya.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4363

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by englar

06-03-2003|03:31 PM

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Displacement Problem!!!

I was trying to make a mountain following the tutorial here: http://144.214.176.85/courseware/notes/phenomena/mountain.html And as soon as I tried...

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by MKess007

23-03-2003|05:44 PM

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help about Blind Data editor

I am not a programer nor a games developer. Can someone tell me all the uses the Blind Data editor can offer? I don´t know if it could be useful...

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by Joselu I.B.

19-04-2003|06:53 PM

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Win2K SP3 - Slowing down system?

I recently installed SP3 (from SP2) on my 2000 Pro machine (2.4GHz P4, 512MB DDR, GF4 Ti4200) and have noticed that my system runs a bit slower. ...

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by BadMange

02-05-2003|03:07 PM

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F-check needs which programs

which programs does f check need - at first it didnt do anything - would just load up and then error instantly - so i installed q-time b/c i read the...

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by brightfire

05-05-2003|09:53 AM

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geometry not rendering with motion blur

Anyone have this problem? I'm rendering out some animation, but when I use motion blur, geometry, specifically the ground plane does not render when...

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by GCastro

12-06-2003|05:57 AM

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fcheck help

my fcheck only works with iff files what gives it says theres a broken pipeline what the hell...

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by brightfire

13-06-2003|02:20 PM

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Overlays??

Hi there. I would like to know if anybode has experience with the overlay fix for geforce called: "overlay" enabler for Geforce v1.0:: ?? I...

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by Nenox

24-06-2003|12:46 PM

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SOLID OBJECT PRINTING

Hi! Anyone out there know of users groups or forums dedicated to rapid prototyping or solid object printing? Thanks!

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by Tim L

09-07-2003|03:09 AM

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cloth problem.

For reasons that escape me, I can not seem to satisfy the curve requirement to create a garment panel. I know that the curve is not coplanar and is...

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by skyzeyez

14-10-2003|10:21 PM

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Maya 5 and Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)

For those of you running Maya on the Mac... I just installed OS X 10.3 (Panther) last night. So far, everything seems to be running ok. In fact,...

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by dannyngan

25-10-2003|09:29 PM