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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I would like to find an efficient and stable way to simulate the crystals hanging from the chandelier. I did a search and found that i could do the...
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Hi,. My character's hair has no problem at the first frame. It follows the mesh when I rotate the head. But when I go to another frame and rotate...
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I want the instances to be directed toward the center please help me It is a surface emitter from the cylinder I inverted the normals but I want...
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Hello! I'm just getting into fluids but I've been testing and reading up on bifrost for about 3 weeks now. seems like not many people are using...
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17-11-2017|08:43 AM
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Hi, I made hair to my character by drawing curves and making curves dynamic. Hair doesn't follow the mesh despite there are follicles, I don't know...
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Hi people! I am working with a fluid emitter to create smoke. This is what I got after lots of testing to achieve the density and movement...
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If i simulate a box with nCloth and deform it, can i then use that simulation/box to deform another object like a car model? Like embed the high...
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Esperado 03-08-2017|09:41 PM
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Hello everyone, I'm really getting frustrated about using ncloth because it always end up giving me one problem or the other. Now i have...
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luciferr 01-08-2017|08:21 PM
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Hello, I am trying to make a simple Particle simulation where the particles change instance geometry, for example: They start as cubes then when...
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alialbdri 22-07-2017|08:51 AM
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Hello, I have used MASH to scatter grass across a plane in Maya 2016 Ext 2 and its been working great. However I now need to add additional...
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CardboardBread 06-07-2017|08:57 AM
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I attempting to incorporate some simple nCloth into a large-ish scene. I'm new to it but know about the disparity in working units (nCloth always...
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se7enhedd 01-06-2017|11:46 AM
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hello. i'm wondering how to apply random rotation to objects, instanced to particles with curve flow. i set Aim Direction to Velocity, so that...
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hello. i'm trying to make a scene with walking soldiers. i can't get how to make the particles to be emitted in equal distances from each other and...
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04-12-2016|12:49 PM
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I have a calm ocean with a physical sun and sky and a custom cloud fluid in the sky, and polygonal objects parented to floating object on the ocean...
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16-11-2016|01:09 PM
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So I'm super new to maya and I'm trying to create some snow particles. Quick explenation: A character is sliding on it's butt over some snow and...
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EliasLeonard 16-09-2016|09:15 AM
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Could someone please try to reproduce this issue? I am planning to file a bug, but we know Autodesk isn't fantastic about following up. In 2016.5:...
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Hello guys, I'm having a Problem with nHair not evaluating correctly when rendering. The hair was made out of curves and parented to the head bone on...
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Trying to play a few simple simulations of a sphere smashing into various props, but I'd like to despawn the sphere after the initial point of...
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Hi, I am having trouble with a scene where I have used a deformer (lattice) on nome Maya Particles and am trying to cache these out using the...
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Chris Miller 08-03-2016|12:42 PM
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Can't we change the caching control in Bifrost 2015 ? The attribute is greyed out and I'd like to continue caching my fluid sim without restarting...
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ok so i'm about to go a little crazy here... but it seems to me that the texture color and incandescence checkmarks are having NO EFFECT. It uses...
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Hello, I'm new here and I came to look for your help. I'm trying to apply a new xgen description to a horse model which I've downloaded; but, when I...
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cagateloritoo 08-02-2016|07:35 PM
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Hello how can I optimize a Quadro K2200 for Bifrost in Maya? My hardware specs: CPU: Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz,...
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mortezarel 03-02-2016|11:56 AM
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Hello, I need some help as I do not have experience with dynamics. I have several objects in my maya project. I want to scatter them (without...
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Okay so I am making an elec toothbrush and am faced with some issues with my bristles. The bristles were made using nHair. The problem that I am...
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