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Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

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nParticles show repeated numbers

I have a weird bug with the nParticle Numeric render type (for diagnostic purposes). All the integer values are showing up as the same digit when I...

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by stwert

03-12-2015|10:04 PM

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particles with opacityPP attribute not rendering properly

I have a volume emitter set to cloud s/w for the particle type. I have an opacityPP attribute set to use a ramp for the opacity which is using a...

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by caetano

06-11-2015|12:52 PM

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CUDA Cloth Simulation

Hello Everyone! Anybodys can help for me How can i enabled my CUDA core in Maya simulation same like in this video. :help: ...

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by Whisperede

04-11-2015|01:52 PM

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Maya Arnold - shaded volume from mesh shape?

Hi, How can I create a shaded volume from a mesh / object shape in Arnold for Maya? Natively? Third party? // Best // Ola

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by OlaAtKongotec

19-10-2015|09:06 PM

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Bullet "Delete Entire Bullet System" Python or MEL

Hi, Anybody know how to execute Bullet "Delete Entire Bullet System" from Python or MEL? It doesn't log to the Script Editor like most other...

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by OlaAtKongotec

23-09-2015|08:03 AM

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[Maya 2016] - Vray DR missing buckets - cached nParticles | Page: 1 2

Hello Simply Maya! I've been lurking these forums and finally decided to make an account! So hello all! Right now I'm having some issues with...

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by David

08-09-2015|02:37 PM

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Constrain nHair follicle to nCloth

I'm trying to get a transform thingy to follow an nCloth mesh. Making use of a hair follicle has been used many times for this sort of thing (e.g....

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by stwert

25-08-2015|02:31 PM

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Fluids Wispy Smoke Effect

I would like to generate a wispy smoke effect and then have that smoke form into the below image ...

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by stwert

12-08-2015|04:15 PM

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Dynamic Fire Effect

Hello everyone, I just recently bought the software and decided to create the "Sun". The problem is, whenever I add fire effect to it, it's going...

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by Gomo

01-08-2015|07:56 AM

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Keyframing/Animating the Point Lock Paramater with Hair

Hi all! Sorry if this is in the wrong place as I am new here. I have a question: How can you animate the Point Lock attribute on a hair...

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by Project Eris

28-07-2015|08:17 PM

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XGen rendering issues

Hi guys, I was recently working on your tutorial “creating a pegasus using xgen” on digital tutors and ran into a few problems. Everything...

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by mls

30-06-2015|06:03 PM

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Bitfrost pouring liquid

Hi all. Just started looking into BF but i'm stuck at the first hurdle. I have a liquid pouring out of my bottle onto a surface but I need to...

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by Stephen

19-06-2015|08:51 AM

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Merge bullet solvers? Python

Hi, Im new at the forum, and new with maya, but experienced in other 3d programs. Im creating a scene where my objects '.mb' are loaded with...

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by OlaAtKongotec

15-06-2015|10:59 AM

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Manually Create Solid Shatter

I have made a model in Maya it's not that complicated but when I use the solid shatter I get a fatal error in attempting to save... I am using Maya...

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by David

05-06-2015|12:41 AM

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how to create simple aura?

Hi guys. I'm new to graphics softwares. I've got into many tutorials and I got to say maya is an awesome tool. I want to achieve something...

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by stwert

04-06-2015|05:23 PM

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Make nParticles collide with fluid

Hi Is it possible to make moving nParticles collide with a moving fluid? I can get the fluid field to move the nParticles, but the fluid passes...

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by pictor2000

03-06-2015|05:24 PM

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Bifrost not making a liquid

Ok so i have a project with alot of objects (buildings,cars,trees,street) most of the objects were downloaded, anyhow whenever i create a cube and...

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by redling

04-05-2015|07:22 PM

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Maya surface emitter to curve flow

Hi, I am trying to get some cubes to emit from a plane and then slowly move upwards for about 4 seconds before being affected by a curve flow that...

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by Chris Miller

14-04-2015|08:56 AM

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Plastic bag in a wind field?

Hi! I'm trying to make a plastic shopping bag blowing around in a wind field. I thought the best way to go about it would be to model the bag make...

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by aavvaa

14-04-2015|04:23 AM

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Help in water simulation, C++

I really need your help, I am trying to write water simulation in maya using c++ API for my thesis. First I am deforming nurbs plane using some...

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by sesen

14-03-2015|08:59 PM

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Batch render ignores my fluid sims

Hi guys. I have been working on a scene which holds basic polygon geometry and two fluid containers. The fluid is cached and when I test render it...

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by tombarnett

23-02-2015|12:51 AM

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UpRes an Output Mesh

Hey guys, So I'm trying to make this simulation and I feel like I've got some pretty good groundwork: ...

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by AlphaShisno

06-02-2015|11:00 PM

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How to make a paper rigid?

I have a paper folded to make two flaps A and B. If I rotate the flap A a little more, then It will just pass through the flap B. I want to...

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by LauriePriest

08-01-2015|02:38 PM

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Dynamics: A few questions...

Sorry to re-post. I didn't see this forum all the way down here and posted in the wrong place. I've spent a long time messing around making...

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by LauriePriest

08-01-2015|02:36 PM

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Geometry disappears when I try to cache

I'm working on a simple animation of a bunch of objects falling into a container. However, when I try to cache the geometry, almost all of the...

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by xgabrielx

12-12-2014|05:27 PM

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