Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
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I need a way to get the width and height of an existing file texture node in pixels using MEL. Anyone? ;) This is a part of a bigger script. I'll...
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by undo
10-11-2002|11:08 PM
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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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by crgowo
08-12-2002|05:30 PM
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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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Ace of FX 25-05-2014|10:26 AM
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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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by t1ck135
27-03-2008|09:07 AM
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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 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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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
17-12-2013|10:10 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
17-03-2015|09:53 AM
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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 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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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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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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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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catchyid 08-11-2015|12:47 PM
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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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by kbrown
15-07-2007|06:16 AM
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Is their any script through which i can convert my high poly model to low poly...?
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Dushyant 12-07-2011|08:54 PM
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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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wokendreams 28-11-2007|06:58 PM
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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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by Grayth
25-10-2005|07:41 PM
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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
15-01-2003|01:26 AM
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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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sononu 23-09-2014|06:59 PM
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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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by eharmon
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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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Zer0Boy 28-06-2013|04:07 AM
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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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10-03-2006|07:29 AM
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