No, I know I have to do that. What I meant was should I go and do curves on surfaces on everything, then patch all the curves before stitching all the parts together.

I think I get why they did it...

Hi there,

Mechanical builder here, doing his very first EVER Maya character.

I have had my nose buried in the manuals for several weeks now, and purchased some of the gnomon DVD's.

I am...

When I first started with Maya, everything seemed like they were talking Klingonese. Virtually nothing made sense.

It doesn't take long until it suddenly becomes clear, but at the expense of...

Okay, to illustrate, I nicked your design a bit to show you what I meant.

on the left is similar to your components, on the right is the identical model with beaded edges added with bevels and...

Gee, I hate to poo poo after all the praise you got but.........

In the real world, very few things have such sharp edges. The design is nice, but the modeling has a lot of flaws in it.

A huge...

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thanks.

I actually signed up awhile back, but couldn't post because of the server change or site update or whatev er you were doing, then it was impossible to view for awhile......

Just FYI, it...

I was approached yesterday and asked if I would be interested in moderating a new filmmakers forum.

Sounded like a good idea since I teach filmmaking :)

here is the URL, if you want to make...