Hope this gets introduced in SP1!!

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 16-12-2009 , 07:16 PM

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As you guys may know GPU's are coming the fashion for rendering due to their massive processing power, check out wahts being bundeled with Mental Ray 3.8.

https://www.mentalimages.com/products...ray/irayr.html

Hope it gets a go with Maya 2010 SP1!!

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# 2 16-12-2009 , 07:34 PM

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If so, would this result in SLI becoming useful for Maya? TBH, I don't really know much about GPU computing.

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# 3 16-12-2009 , 07:37 PM

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In a word yes.

I'm coding some stuff using Cuda at the moment and looking into seeing if I can ge it going with anything in Maya.

TBH using the hardware in the PC, I.E GFX cards would make a big decrease in rendering times, if implemented right, as there is a limitation the the GFX processors instruction set.

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# 4 16-12-2009 , 08:57 PM

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awesome! those pics look totally realistic

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# 5 16-12-2009 , 10:06 PM

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awesome news! I have a pair of nvidia 2gb gtx 285 ftw and a 9800 gt as a physics engine.

But I have only put one of the 2gb gtx 285 ftw's in my system because I did not want to waste wattage if they are not actually doing anything useful.

I'd love to actually be able to take advantage of them.

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