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# 31 06-05-2006 , 07:06 PM

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I have a GREAT completely in-depth tutorial for modeling a car.

https://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/maya/car/

that is part one, there are 4 parts.

Good luck, and be sure to post your screwdriver when you're done with it too!

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# 32 06-05-2006 , 07:08 PM

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Thanks man, I will try it

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# 33 06-05-2006 , 07:08 PM

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thanks man, I need more people like you and gohan

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No problem. Search the learning-maya.com page for further tutorials. I got the screwdriver tutorial from there, too.

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# 34 06-05-2006 , 07:14 PM

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ok cool.
any other good websites?
1.learning-maya.
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# 35 06-05-2006 , 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by MattTheMan
I have a GREAT completely in-depth tutorial for modeling a car.

https://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/maya/car/

that is part one, there are 4 parts.

Good luck, and be sure to post your screwdriver when you're done with it too!

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I will post the screwdriver when Im done with it, and that car tutorial is for max, Im doing maya right now.... would it still work?

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# 36 06-05-2006 , 07:40 PM

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I'm pretty sure www.cgtalk.com has some tutorials by users there.

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# 37 06-05-2006 , 07:43 PM

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Fubar, or Gohan, in the screwdriver tutorial, what is a dgs_material? I dont have it in the section where I can add a blinn and lambert and stuff like that...

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# 38 06-05-2006 , 07:53 PM

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This is all I have, I really dont know what he means when he says dgs material... but here we go. also, for some reason I could only get about 3 of the circles to actually do the boolean, the rest killed my screwdriver... so I can only shoot from this angle

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# 39 06-05-2006 , 08:42 PM

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Originally posted by bobalie
that car tutorial is for max, Im doing maya right now.... would it still work?

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its not for max. the site just is mostly for Max. That tutorial is for Maya (taht first part is setting up blueprints in Photoshop)

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# 40 06-05-2006 , 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by bobalie
This is all I have, I really dont know what he means when he says dgs material... but here we go. also, for some reason I could only get about 3 of the circles to actually do the boolean, the rest killed my screwdriver... so I can only shoot from this angle

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Your model was "killed" because of wrong normals. It's an error which occurs when normals of the poly faces are inverted. This error is connected with the boolean tool. Make sure that all normals are pointing out of the object and not into it. To see your normals select the object and go to: Display->polygon components->normals
To make them invisible again do the same. If some normals are pointing into the object, select the faces which have wrong normals and go to: edit polygons->normals->reverse.
That sould work...good luck.

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TIP: if you want to bool many parts (like the "holes" in your screwdriver) then select the objevts with which you want to bool and go to polygons->combine to make them one object. Then use the boolean tool.

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# 41 07-05-2006 , 04:33 PM

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Fubar: Thanks, Ill definitely try that user added image

MatttheMan: thanks man, Ill do the tutorial as soon as I can. Just going to finish the screwdriver tutorial.

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# 42 07-05-2006 , 04:42 PM

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still having trouble with the normals... ill post when Im done

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# 43 07-05-2006 , 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by MattTheMan
I have a GREAT completely in-depth tutorial for modeling a car.

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I cannot find the Ford Focus WRX.. I can only find the WRC. They dont look much different so do you think I could just use the WRC?

Do you have the WRX picture? Could you please post it if you do, so I can download it?

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# 44 07-05-2006 , 11:48 PM

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Originally posted by bobalie
what is a dgs_material? I dont have it in the section where I can add a blinn and lambert and stuff like that...

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A dgs material is for Mantal Ray (I think). You need to find it in the hypershade. go to the MR materials tab and it is in there.
I havn't used it befor though.

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