First model: Computer

# 1 21-01-2006 , 01:22 PM

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Hi every1, I'm new to this forum and to maya software.

I saw some of the free tuts and after testing around a little bit with the enviroment i'm going to start my first model, It's going to be al look-a-like of my PC (which has plexy and UV's inside so it's going to be al lot of detailed work to make all the components....

I started out with the feet where he's standing on and these turned out pretty nice:
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The next step was creating a case and giving it some basic shapes, the case is made from a surface and the front is a polygon
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that's all i've done so far but i hope it will turn out nice...
i'll add a pic of my pc next time

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# 2 21-01-2006 , 01:45 PM

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I've stumbled in to my first problem... When i select the front face and i click extrude nothing hapens... the face just deselects itself
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Extrude problem fixed itself... it just worked again after selecting and deselecting a few things :s

now i've made basic Drives, the 2 upper drives are going to be CD/DVD drives, the one below the dvd's is a fancontroller and the bottom is going to be a pannel with knobs for my UV's inside the case...
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How do i make a round face inside and excisting face to extrude a circle from it ?

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# 3 21-01-2006 , 05:46 PM

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Allright i made some cd drives and some buttons for the front side and i have put a little color on everything, but the switches in the botom tray are a little to rough, how can i make them smoother?

Heres the latest render:
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and here is a pic of my computer:
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# 4 21-01-2006 , 07:48 PM

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keep going!

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# 5 21-01-2006 , 11:51 PM

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it looks fine so far. To smooth those buttons, select them and then do polygons/smooth.

Keep up the good work.

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# 6 22-01-2006 , 12:16 AM

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wow.. that's fast for a newcomer !! ( 'k had ni verwacht da ge al zo ver ging zijn sjiek sjiek... die CD plaatskes zien d'r bangelijk uit
) 'i love to see this one done

keep it up indeed

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# 7 22-01-2006 , 02:07 AM

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Originally posted by jornkes
wow.. that's fast for a newcomer !! ( 'k had ni verwacht da ge al zo ver ging zijn sjiek sjiek... die CD plaatskes zien d'r bangelijk uit
) 'i love to see this one done

keep it up indeed

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Er...sorry Jornkes. Translation?

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# 8 22-01-2006 , 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by arran
Er...sorry Jornkes. Translation?

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He said he didn't expect me to have come so far so quickly and that the CD tray look cool, Jornkes introduced me to maya a few days ago so he kind of tutored me into this user added image