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Inserting Isoparms

Hello all, I'm going through the "Puppy dog" tutorial by Kurt to learn Maya and he makes reference to the "Edit Nurbs" on his menu to insert...

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by ctbram

08-02-2013|02:00 PM

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Make road on a terrain

Hi! I'm quite new to Maya and I want design a low poly moutain road scene. What I'm trying to do is extruding an edge along an EP or CV curve....

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by Bumbala

01-03-2016|09:08 PM

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Skin restriction

Hi! I have several skins attached to a joint. I don't want one particular skin to rotate with the joint, but only move with it. I can't use a...

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by Bumbala

10-06-2017|06:20 PM

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Conveyor Belt for a treadmill

hi and hello! i try to modell a treadmill, but i don't know how to animate it? i wanted to take a plane, but how is it possible that it moves...

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by bumusu

29-01-2010|11:05 AM

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rigging problem!

hi everybody! i modelled two legs, rigged and combined them with the command "animation -> skin -> bind skin -> smooth skin" everything works...

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by bumusu

28-01-2010|08:44 AM

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Import Animation

Hey Gang, I'm still pretty new to Maya and am not always sure what I should be searching for. I made an engine for a spaceship with some moving...

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by Bunny

21-06-2009|12:19 AM

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Menu System Mayhem

Hello Everybody, I'm working with the tutorial that came with my Personal Learning Addition. Unfortunately the layout is much different than...

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by bunnycatch3r

03-03-2007|06:37 PM

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Modeling: Nurbs vs. Polygon

I seen a lot of tutorials, and a lot of them either start with nurbs or polygon, is this just an opinion? Like some people say better and easier to...

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by PKPHaLaNX

14-11-2005|08:23 AM

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Hollow Question

hey guys, new to maya. great program, really confusing though. just trying to get used to it. here's my question i created some 3d letters showing...

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by bendingiscool

25-12-2007|05:13 AM

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Hand model

Hi! I am a very newbie for Maya, please help me. I'm now trying to write a program (in VisualC++) to track the human hand. In order to do so, I need...

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by gale_mccy

07-09-2005|04:09 PM

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Maya Normal Map Problems

Hey! I dont have a lot of experience with Maya and I have a problem with creating some Normal Maps. You may have to get a little bit specific if...

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by Burnyt

06-01-2014|12:21 AM

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Maya Normal Map Problems

Hey! I dont have a lot of experience with Maya and I have a problem with creating some Normal Maps. You may have to get a little bit specific if...

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by Burnyt

02-01-2014|07:19 PM

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Major newb scripting question

So like I bought Gary Oliverio’s Maya 8 character modelling tutorial, and it’s great I’m doing fine so far, but I didn’t add/load the mel script...

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by Buster Sword

22-01-2009|01:54 PM

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Sculpt Geometry failure

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here, the model I'm messing around with, is one I downloaded, and it goes over 9000 times bigger than what I want,...

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by Buster Sword

21-05-2009|07:39 PM

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Two Quick Questions

So I was using Gary Oliverios character modeling tutorial and I noticed he combined to the sides of the model before texturing, do you HAVE to do...

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by Buster Sword

27-05-2009|06:31 PM

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What is the best way to achieve Final Fantasy like hair?

What is the best method, modeling? Maya Hair? Keeping in mind, it's going to be animated.

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by NextDesign

27-06-2009|06:16 PM

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Sub Dee Rendering issue.

Ok, I've been modeling and tweaking one side of a model back and forth in Polys and Sub Dees, and I've been rendering in Sub Dee to see what it looks...

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by Buster Sword

15-08-2009|03:49 PM

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"Error getting shader" and UV Layout problems

Hi, when I try to export an OBJ file, it works but I'm propted with a "Error getting shader" message, I assume this is linked to the problem when...

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by NextDesign

12-09-2009|03:31 PM

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Anyone know how to use this script?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew how to use this script, it looks like a very interesting script, only problem is, I can run the script, but I'm...

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by Buster Sword

23-07-2010|02:18 PM

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Animating transparency in a particular direction

Anyone know how? Thanks

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by Chirone

12-08-2010|09:22 PM

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auto center shape. PLEASE HELP ME IM A NOOB!

hey guys i have a problem. you know how when you click on the objects in the polygon menu it tells you to drag it onto the grid? how do i make it...

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by busya

12-09-2009|03:15 AM

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some noob questions-please help me

-this is somewhat urgent- i've used maya before, but i always had someone to ask about sht i dont know. now i dont so please help me! 1. when i...

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by stwert

04-10-2009|03:57 PM

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avi rendering.

where do the avi files go after rendering? where can i set the resolution? any other info on rendering to .avi? are there any other movie formats...

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by Chirone

06-10-2009|09:42 AM

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Distorted planar mapping

I'm having a strange issue with a project I'm working on and would appreciate any advice from the SimplyMaya community. I'm trying to create a...

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by BuzzinFly

19-11-2013|11:51 AM

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Unexplained light

Hi, I wonder if anyone can tell me what's going on here. I've modeled a street scene and I want to render it out as a night scene, lit by the light...

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by BuzzinFly

03-01-2014|02:32 PM

Replies: 3