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Post Cleanup Tool triangles??

Here is a picture of my character model after using the cleanup tool. Everything was quaded but now looks to be a bunch of triangles. Im sure this is...

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by santanajade

10-10-2011|08:58 PM

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Which Version of Maya Do I Need?

I've been doing some tutorials and getting the basics down in Maya 2008 for game development/polygonal work. I won '08 for free a while back in a...

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by OneAdamLeft

10-10-2011|01:30 PM

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Mental Ray -help on the way???

Hey all a friend of mine just linked me to this bit of gossip..... Looks like help is on the way for Mental Ray ...

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by NextDesign

06-10-2011|11:51 PM

Replies: 6

Duel versions of MAYA possible?

HI Forum. Is it possible to have two different operating years of MAYA on my hard drive and use them independently of each other? In other words a...

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by ctbram

06-10-2011|03:14 PM

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HELP xD my file is down :(

hi all, omg, my file is down and i didnt save realy long time :), or i resaved all the time :( and now its down.. i cant it open or import. its...

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by THExDUKE

06-10-2011|07:08 AM

Replies: 7

just a few questions

hi there just hoping someone can answer a few queries i have :) 1. is there anyway to make the faces on a sphere a uniform size?? instead of the...

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by chilledoutredhead

05-10-2011|11:20 PM

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Bridge issue MAYA 2012-Advice please

HI Forum. Great place and I am so glad I found yet another resource for my immersion into MAYA. Will definitely be checking out the tutorials and...

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by TravisCowsill

05-10-2011|02:46 PM

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Could all my fellow Maya artist help

Hi all, Could you kindly visit this Facebook page and like my daughters picture. It's for a competition. http://alturl.com/p4h9w Thanks so...

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by clearairstudios

04-10-2011|09:07 AM

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fastest easiest way to model

Is the 'drag vertices to match a 2d image' still the preferred way to model say a human figure? I heard using mudbox was faster but wouldn't that be...

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by THExDUKE

04-10-2011|07:28 AM

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A simple question about the extrude tool

Hi everyone! I was wondering if there is an option which seperates the extrude operation when you have multiple faces selected in Maya 2012. You...

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by JoshuaS

03-10-2011|09:19 PM

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Polygons turning transparent?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/angel_or_devil28/tempMaya1.jpg Polygons become transparent after extrude, and the only way I have found to...

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by floey

03-10-2011|03:08 AM

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MeasureTool not accurate

Hi People, maybe one of you knows how to higher or cure the accuracy issue of my Measure tool this because i am building a animation where i...

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by Jay

02-10-2011|09:42 PM

Replies: 7

Probleme to clean my mesh

:help: Hello, I begin with Maya 2012; on the picture attached you can see my first mesh (a fox snout)... which is not perfect ! When I smooth it,...

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by ctbram

02-10-2011|09:41 PM

Replies: 9

Anyone have experience dealing with bald faced hornets?

Me and my girlfriend are both allergic to them, and today I came across a few inside on my way out for a smoke. We've had a few before, kill one...

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by Acid44

02-10-2011|03:12 PM

Replies: 14

UVs transform

I would like to ask you how can I copy some UV's from one object to another. Lets say that I've got 4 same models and one of them is mapped as well....

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by Creck

02-10-2011|02:56 PM

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rotation-stretching of mesh

Whenever i rotate my object the mesh stretches (change it shape) how can i solve this issue..

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by Dushyant

02-10-2011|07:28 AM

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Maya 2012 SP1

Hi, few minutes ago I've downloaded new SP1 for Maya (1.5GB) but after installation it's still an old Maya; not SP1. Any suggestions how to update...

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by Creck

02-10-2011|07:17 AM

Replies: 7

Life ?!

What is your definition of life ? Money, parties, walks, girls, drugs ... Loved once... ? Today i've lost my dog. I was 11 when i've got it now i'm...

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by mastone

01-10-2011|12:01 PM

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problem with smoothing!

Hi guys, I wondered if anybody out there could help me. I seem to have a problem when smoothing an object. The mesh smooths apart from the very...

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by lewis1607

30-09-2011|09:13 PM

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Lofting between splines

Hi, I'm currently creating a race track using splines. When I loft between the corners are skewed as obviously the verts are averaged in both splines...

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by ctbram

30-09-2011|05:24 PM

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Moving objects with joints makes the objects deform

I am following a tutorial for making a desk and lamp in a room. I want to move my lamp from the floor to the table, but because I have joints on the...

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by Jay

30-09-2011|06:41 AM

Replies: 2

Writing a Plugin for Data Visualization

Hi guys, Firstly i'm sorry if this post is in the wrong location. It's a bit of a strange one really. Not something that Maya is generally used...

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by promontegral

28-09-2011|07:51 PM