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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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Script Install

I got this Create Tube Mel Script, was following the install info, that is it goes into the script folder, problem is, a got a ton of subscript...

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by Darkon

18-09-2002|11:14 PM

Replies: 2

Tree Generator Mel

I downloaded the "Tree Generator Mel". Its a free plugin... link below. http://www.treegenerator.mailru.com/ It Installed Ok, I'm very impressed...

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by Kevin

24-09-2002|03:44 PM

Replies: 4

attribCol.mel script anyone?????/

Hi all, I saw the post re sliders and reference to the 'attribCol.mel' script. I tried finding on AW site but could not. Would somone mind...

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by Darkon

28-09-2002|06:26 PM

Replies: 1

no sliders in 'Attribute collect script"???

Hi all, Thanks for the attribute collect script it looks promising. I get this message when I run the script and get the window for the...

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by Jim

29-09-2002|01:06 PM

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Expression Editor Q about rotation increase

1. create cylinder, name it "Coin" 2. scale so it's like a coin 3. Choose Window>Animation Editors>Expression Editor Now, in this window, we can...

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by kbrown

10-10-2002|07:01 AM

Replies: 14

move command in an expression?

How can I use the command "move x y z" in an expression? I created an boolean attribute "active" and in the expression editor I roughly wrote this...

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by Markuz

22-10-2002|08:03 PM

Replies: 9

API: getting DAG path for input mesh

I'm writing a node where I've got a MFnData::kMesh attribute as input (called inputMesh). My trouble is I can't seem to get a DAG path to this input...

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by playmesumch00ns

05-11-2002|04:49 PM

Replies: 2

Getting info about file texture node

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

Replies: 4

character joint expression help!

sup sup fellous and thanx in advanced to all that reply and take the time to read this. im animating a character, i grouped the pelvis joint to...

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by adldesigner

11-11-2002|09:06 AM

Replies: 8

how do i maid water.

1)how do i maid water. i mean like an sea with waves?

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by 3djoe

15-11-2002|08:34 PM

Replies: 1

Animating | Page: 1 2 3

what id like a script to do is to aid me in setting keys for animation. a box will come up which is the actual scripted plugin, and whatever object...

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by Nem

25-11-2002|06:57 PM

Replies: 35

What is wrong with my exression it doesnt seem to work.

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

Replies: 4

animation controls

Here's a script that I wrote to generate custom NURBS shapes for use as animation controls: http://www.dannyngan.com/mel_dannyhelper.htm I've...

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by kal

05-01-2003|06:12 PM

Replies: 3

Another FREE script for you all:)

Check out this thread where I explain the script in detail:) http://forum.simplymaya.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=25759#post25759 ENJOY!!!

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by ragecgi

07-01-2003|02:21 PM

Replies: 6

Need help troubleshooting expression.

I'm playing around with different approaches to simulating seas and whatnot and have been perusing this tutorial. Everything is apparently setup...

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by NitroLiq

08-01-2003|01:32 PM

Replies: 4

find object's material via mel

Is there a way to determine an object's material via MEL? Even better, is there a way to find the material that is assigned to a specific face? I...

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by dannyngan

14-01-2003|03:58 AM

Replies: 11

Execution order?

Is there a way to tell maya which expression gets executed first? My Stormy Ocean project is full of expressions and one of them contains some...

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by mark_wilkins

14-01-2003|10:59 PM

Replies: 6

Runtime start and end?

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

Replies: 2

Help with expressions for polyplanes

Due to the fact that Windows Movie Maker cannot play 15 individual images from my HD per second (trying to do a real cartoon), I have turned to Maya....

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by Darkware

16-01-2003|12:24 AM

Replies: 10

dannyngan joins us. | Page: 1 2

say hello to our new mel script moderator :)

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by ragecgi

17-01-2003|04:43 AM

Replies: 17

MEL Resources?

Hello! Well I've tought about it and I've decided... Since I got into Programming with Computers at first, and now that I like Maya so much,...

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by Emo

19-01-2003|09:57 AM

Replies: 7

Simple script for you all....

To get this section rolling again, I wrote this SIMPLE script just now... It just performs the initial first steps of starting the process of...

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by ragecgi

24-01-2003|03:34 AM

Replies: 7

EditPlus w/plugin for editing MEL

K-man got me kinda tweaked on finding a good text editor for MEL because Jext doesn't specifically support MEL and I came across EditPlus. They have...

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by dannyngan

24-01-2003|09:00 PM

Replies: 4

Is anyone using MEL? | Page: 1 2 3

Of all the forums up here, this one seems to get very little traffic. Either everyone here is very comfortable with MEL and expressions or no one's...

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by silviapalara

29-01-2003|10:21 PM

Replies: 40

Advanced rigging suggestions

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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