Thanks so much for taking the time to reply! The "Zeth Willie Double transforms" is really excellent and helping me understand where I'm going wrong (I think I need to watch my Inherent...

And here's the screengrab.

I've also tried a simpler version where I wanted the top ball to be the lead object, which is the parent of the chain with joints and an iK handle, and then to that a bottom ball is attached....

Hi there,

I'm trying to rebuild a model from a class I took during the summer and am struggling when I attempt to attach the Podracer to a flight path (which will be made from a simple CV curve). ...

Thank you Stwert. Selecting individual faces works fine. I'll reposition the dots so that they're a little more realistic - I threw this together quickly so that I'd have sometime to show! Will look...

Hi there,

Still pretty new to Maya and I'm trying to figure out the best way to create a simple clear plastic die. As you can see, I created a polycube, added some bevel, and then used a Boolean...

That makes perfect sense. Thank you so much!

Thanks stwert. I've played with it and have attached a sample. The long rectangular shape in the background is what I want to achieve, but is made of two polycubes stacked together. The shape in the...

Hi all,

I'm beginning to learn Maya and am using Introducing Autodesk Maya 2014 by Dariush Derakhshani. Part of the exercise I'm following is all about building models using poly shapes and the...