Simple question
 

Hello, ive resently told my parents that I would like to pursue the art of modeling and animatating and they purchased me maya unlimited. Only been using for two days now and done few tuts'. My question is when i download some of the models from this forum i.e the human figure base model. Where do i extract the file "manfigure.mb" to be able to open and use. As in what folder do i put any model i download. Thankyou for your time :)

You can open the .ma and .mb files from anywhere you chose, but you should get in habit of creating project folders for scenes that go together. You can create a new project folder from the file menu. Project folders will will have a series of standard subfolders for things such as renders, image sources, etc.

BTW, you have some really cool parents... Unlimited is around $6000 usd.

Thankyou for the fast reply mate

Hahaha.. my thought exactly...

WTF, you just started modeling and your parents already dished out that $$$. My mom was like download the free crap and pay for it when you get to college.

wow man i didnt get money for anything in grapics until i showed my cool n talent to my parents......jealous...lol jk :p

to save your images,you should create a new project on your c drive .copy and paste your images into the source images folder.Then they will always be there when you need them.Its a good habit to get into