Hi guys, just created this python script to simplify the job for everyone.


import maya.cmds as mc

selectedVertex = mc.ls(selection=True, flatten=True)

for vtx in selectedVertex:
...

Not completely true..
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This is...

maybe you should decrease it, instead

Hi all,

I have modeled this stairs for a house patio.. but I don't know how to create a clean topology for the top of the stairs.. all I need is a plane area, with quads, and I don't know how to...

You can build a simple model, and apply some sort of "profile" shader to render the wireframe look in black and white, and then composite in After Effects (or something else) application to look as...

well.. yes, but I prefer to mantain as low as possible my polycount.

Hi,

My problem is almost strange, and I don't know if I can explain myself very well..

What i have: curved surface (basically a side surface of a cilinder that don't turns around over 360...

As I can see you need to perform a "trim".
With a CV (or Bezier) curve draw a profile for the hole, then place your camera right in front of the shape you need to hole and project your curve on the...

this is how I use rayswitch.. maybe this isn't the perfect way, anyway..

first of all this is my test scene:
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and this is the materials for the sphere and the plane:
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then, in...

i'm quite new here, but i think this is a more efficient solution for your problem.
Ok, with this enabled you can't see "behind" some faces because the shading is visible only in the semi-space...