Originally posted by dilberts
Sorry, no updates. My day job takes up most of my time, so playing with Maya is a luxury.

I'll be doing the rear end next, and then all the smaller details like lights, mirrors etc. and then finally a basic interior. Just enough to make an external render look real (probably seats, dash, and a steering wheel). The car is floating as I didn't turn on the raytraced shadows on my area light to save on the render time.

By the way, I have a question. Anyone have any opinions on other modeling software, specifically for highly accurate NURBs surfaces. Maya just doesn't seem accurate enough with surface tangency with NURBs for professional product visualization. I wonder if anyone has played with Studio Tools, or maybe Rhino? Whatever suggestions anyone has, the software would have to be able to export to Maya for rendering, as I don't want to learn a whole new render package like V-Ray for instance.

Also, anyone know how much Studio Tools costs? None of the authorized resellers publish their prices online?

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