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Cylinder Caps With Quad-Faced Topology?

I am following an article online on how to model a lego character and I am baffled at one of the first steps. It says to create a cylinder, make it's...

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by tweetytunes

10-05-2015|03:19 PM

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Extruding inwards - smooth mesh preview is jagged

Hello all, I sincerely apologize for my terrible ability to be able to troubleshoot problems in Maya by searching for the error or disapproval of...

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by Keeblet

13-08-2012|02:56 AM

Replies: 8

Extrude Face problem

Got a quick question. When I extrude my face I seem to be getting an extrace face on the edge. I go to Edit Polygons->extrude face-> Options and I...

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by guevara1987

11-10-2016|09:50 PM

Replies: 8

Weird UV error.

Hi there, I am working with UVs for a while now but this is an obstacle i don't know how to get around. So my mesh has a clear UV layout. the...

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by BeverlyMath

09-10-2022|07:35 AM

Replies: 3

Edge length

Is there a way to find out how long a poly object edge is? is there some type of ruler for that?

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by dannyngan

15-12-2002|01:33 AM

Replies: 2

Crazy black faces

Good Day everyone! I'm not a complete noob to 3D/Maya, but now I'm stuck and just cannot figure out what's going on. It's a face modeling which I...

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by NextDesign

04-02-2014|08:11 PM

Replies: 8

Modeling a realistic eye

Hi. I'm following this guide: http://phungdinhdung.com/Studies_paper/Realistic_face_modeling.shtm As i already know how to make decent head...

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by Skalman

10-02-2014|12:22 PM

Replies: 7

Bad Geometry after Boolean difference. Help.

Hello, I've been modeling Anakin's lightsaber from Star Wars. I used a Boolean Difference to cutout a circular area on the model. After doing so...

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by crobe

09-04-2012|02:34 AM

Replies: 4

3D Modeling Tutorial - Cartoon House in autodesk maya 2018

Hello, in this tutorial I will show you how to model a cartoon house in autodesk maya 2018 https://youtu.be/ecl5Z49Luts For more tutorials...

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by elionstalos

11-08-2023|12:01 PM

Replies: 2

Retopology > tutorials and alternatives

Hi TOTAL Maya novice. Have high poly CAD models as Maya scenes also with many materials and textures I'd like to preserve. I've successfully...

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by JuanLandeta

05-09-2019|02:37 PM

Replies: 3

Project curves on polygons?

Is it possible to project curves on polygons? The project curves tool seems to only be for nurbs. If it is not possible, then does anyone have...

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by Heyhei

20-02-2013|02:01 PM

Replies: 2

Pine Tree modelling | Page: 1 2

I have limited experience with paint effects in Maya and now some friends want me to create a winter scene, with very little time to create one and...

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by daverave

28-09-2014|09:56 AM

Replies: 21

Modeling for a spring

can someone help me how to model for a spring? I am really appreciated. I learned this long time ago and now I am forgot how to do this in maya....

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by NextDesign

06-12-2009|08:46 PM

Replies: 5

Combine and then merging multiple vertex/edges

I need help on an issue that I can not fix myself. I have created a halve of a chess piece - Knight in poly. I then duplicated it and then...

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by Protheus

25-01-2005|12:23 AM

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Transform Group Problem in outliner

hello friends, i have one problem! after completing the model, when i proceed to clean the outliner, there was many transform...

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by Sukhy94

13-06-2016|06:45 AM

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Need models! New 3d model search engine

Hi there! We create search engine for 3d models which unite at one place different 3d shops, stocks, archive ... like "google", but for 3d...

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by Alex Birdman

07-01-2019|01:28 PM

Replies: 2

Snap and merge vertex with edge

Is there a function within maya to connect a single vertex to an edge? I want to snap a vertex(circled red) to an edge(green line) so that it's then...

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by OasisUnknown

30-12-2012|05:12 AM

Replies: 3

filling a hole in a nurbs model

I have a cylinder. Bit as you all know the top and botom of the cylinder are open ! so how do I close/fill these. If you are working with poly there...

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by Protheus

18-09-2002|09:35 AM

Replies: 7

Bridge two cylinders in a certain way. | Page: 1 2 3

Hello everyone, does anyone know how to bridge 2 cylinders, so it will look something like this glass table from final fantasy 8? Or some...

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by Hermi1988

22-03-2012|08:23 AM

Replies: 31

getting rid of annoying border edge.

I'm sure there must be a solution to this problem, which ive had a couple of times before. In the picture you can see i've got a border edge running...

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