Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world
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05-11-2004
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BT logo effect
I have a stupid question (as Im a beginner so bare with me) How can I make a circle that then has circles drawn onto the sides that are semi transparent? Simlar to the BT logo.
I can make a circle and thats my limit, boy has someone got their work cut out for them lol.
I believe that there is a drawing tool in Maya PLE but I dont know how to use it nor do I know how to set the circle to transparent and only make the coloured circles visable.
Any help you can offer would be great,
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05-11-2004
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05-11-2004
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Nothing in there really but thanks for the thought. there some stuff on rendering and other things but nothing on painting on the circle.
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06-11-2004
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06-11-2004
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I am doing it for a work project to show them how good maya is (trying to get them to get the full maya for me) but I dont know enough about it to do what I want and they wont get it untill I show them what it can do. Kind of a joke i guess lol
I take it you know what I mean then by the BT logo then?!
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06-11-2004
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Create six poly spheres. The for each one of those create i poly cylinder the size of one of the discs and line it up like in the picture. The click Polygons>Booleans>Intersection.
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06-11-2004
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Then duplicate the disc you have and move it back slightly, like in the picture. Click polygons>booleans>difference.
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06-11-2004
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You'll want to move this disc so that it lines up with a sphere created in the middle of the grid, you can then press insert to move the pivot to the middle of the grid (hold x while dragging).
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06-11-2004
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Repeat for the other 5 discs.
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Hope this helped