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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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nonmanifold edges on sub-d proxy

HI, I'm modelling a Porsche 959 in Sub-d's. I modelled only 1 half of the body and used an instanced copy for the other half while I modelled. Now...

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by -<{ JB }>-

16-12-2003|04:51 AM

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How do I mirror something?

Hi! I modelled a leg and duplicated it. Now I want to mirror it, but dont know how to. Any advice? THX

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by .:morpher:.

09-09-2002|12:32 AM

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How do I make 1 surface of these 3 ?

Hello All Long time no see,but we're still learning... Trying to create my first full character and having some troubles connecting these 3 shapes....

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by undseth

07-02-2003|12:46 PM

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Endsweep & curve projection issue

Hello! I'm making a steampunk machine, and I want to make a curved flange to go around the base of any funnels or pipes which protrude from the...

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by 2XVISION

27-08-2007|04:07 PM

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Subd-soft modification problem

Hi guys!Im having sum trouble with the soft modification tool.When i use it on polygon surfaces it deforms and sculpts well but when i try to apply...

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by 3D_WaTcHeR

24-09-2006|11:52 PM

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Load Rotoscopes???

Hi all, new member. I've been involved with 3d graphics for about 10 years now and have never used maya! I have to learn now. How the heck do I...

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by gster123

10-11-2008|08:16 AM

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Extra faces help

I am trying to make a soda can and for some reason i seem to be getting extra faces and gives me problems when I smooth the mesh here is a screen...

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by 3djoe

23-01-2003|07:04 PM

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swapping geometry

I have a question is thier a way to swap out 1 peice of geometry with another? I have several peices and want them all to be changed with another but...

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by 3djoe

24-02-2003|04:43 PM

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anatomy

I want help by book or site about man and horse anatomy

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by arran

27-01-2006|01:26 PM

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Normals Funkyness

K I've had this problem for awhile. I'm going to annoy a lot of people if I start a new thread for every hiccup I have, and I hiccup regularly -...

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by Jay

04-12-2010|03:10 PM

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Glitched Materials in Viewport

Hi everyone, The materials on this one certain object seem so be glitching out. I have no idea whats going on! When I render the scene it renders...

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by A3XXFR

07-04-2015|12:14 PM

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Problem with smoothing

Hey guys. I posted this over in the VIP area but it seems to be pretty quiet there. I'm working on the Apache Helicopter tutorial and got a bit of a...

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by aagam

10-01-2010|07:27 PM

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Polygon object optimization

Hi, I had import a mesh file in maya (polygon mesh) which is a very very heavy mesh and not compartable for at least my PC's configuration. How...

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by ragecgi

28-03-2003|07:38 PM

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Help guys

I'm modeling and texturing a zepplin and need some references; the ones that I got from places like google and the like have help, but barely, I...

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by Tigeris

19-08-2004|02:02 AM

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border edge problem

i there... im having the problem that there are border edges in the middle of my model (because i often combined it)... but there are NOT TWO! just...

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by abra

11-05-2003|01:45 PM

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Inverted Copy- Other Side

Hi everyone. I've created something, and only it's right side.The left side is the same but left :-), how do i do this exactly?? how do i invert...

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by kbrown

13-12-2002|01:41 PM

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how to model a bird's nest

Hi everyone, I'm having trouble with even starting to model a bird's nest. Is there anyone who can give me some tips on how I could achieve...

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by swankymonkey

28-07-2005|01:03 PM

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Polygon/Edge Issue...

i everyone can anyone shed some light on the issue im having, Ive been chasing this round my model for hours now and cannot get rid of it no matter...

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by Jay

28-02-2015|11:16 AM

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Create basketball in maya

http://youtu.be/zhTXdXRSRDA

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by Adamtut

12-07-2014|10:02 AM

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Extract Faces?

Hi, I am trying to detach a part of my poly model, now when I used Max all you had to do was select the faces you wanted to detach and hit...

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by mtmckinley

26-02-2003|05:31 PM

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Face Scaling?

Hi, could someone please tell me how to scale two faces of the same poly object but on their own local axis, when I try at the moment they only scale...

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