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David · 27-12-2010, 02:22 AM

Simply Maya - MEL Scripts and Modeling, Making a Golf Ball with GeoSphere on Vimeo

In this tutorial we show you how to model a golf ball in Maya with the GeoSphere script and how it will create a better result than using Maya’s platonic solids and smoothing an icosaderon. You’ll learn how to use MEL scripts in Maya, what the five platonic solids are, as well as some modeling basics like chamfer vertices, subdividing edges, offsetting extruded faces and smoothing geometry.

The GeoSphere script used in this tutorial is free to download and can be found here;
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/do...on/c/geosphere

Key Features:
- Installing & Launching a MEL Script
- Maya’s Platonic Solids
- Creating an Icosaderon with GeoSphere
- Extruding & Smoothing Geometry

Watch this in HD here http://vimeo.com/user5508401

Acid44 · 27-12-2010, 02:34 AM

Skimmed through it quickly, end result looks bloody nice, and sounds easy to follow (when i said quickly I meant it

)

Nilla · 27-12-2010, 03:05 AM

It would be, it's Rick aka ctbram who makes some of the cleanest hard surface models I've seen in Maya. Watching him in action is really interesting. Glad you like it

BrianM · 27-12-2010, 03:51 AM

This is cool never heard of platonic solids in Maya before. Cheers simplymaya and ctbram, good going!

maheshsubbiah · 27-12-2010, 05:47 AM

Thanks Rick. Thanks David for a cool tutorial.

Like Brian me too had never heard of platonic solids before

Mahesh

Acid44 · 27-12-2010, 09:04 AM

That's ctbram? woooooowww dude thought it was David or one of the staff

congrats man!

bullet1968 · 27-12-2010, 02:15 PM

Thanks ct...couldnt get grass to work my laptop kept having a cerebal hernia...apologies. Good quick tut and a great explanation of the sphere interpolation by Maya and Geosphere script.

cheers bullet

Jay · 27-12-2010, 09:04 PM

Rick

good tute mate - well done

Jay

marctana · 31-12-2010, 07:46 AM

good tuto, now I'm going to check these script
thanks

vcosamor · 02-01-2011, 01:22 AM

On 2nd Jan. 2011, I tried to download Free Friday Tutorial #1: MEL Scripts and Modeling, Making a Golf Ball with GeoSphere. The error message i got from my browser is "The requested URL /18201116 was not found on this server" What could be the problem and how can I get it and others downloaded.

ctbram · 02-01-2011, 01:27 AM

The script for GeoSphere is available are creativecrash.com.

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/do...on/c/geosphere

Perfecto · 05-03-2011, 02:17 AM

Very nice tutorial and easy to follow. The Maya platonics can actually give you the same smooth results as the script. After you Chamfer the vertices, just use a sculpt deformer and it will round it out. But the script looks like it works great too.

27-12-2010, 02:22 AM	#1
David SM Site Programmer Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,156	Free Friday Tutorial #1: MEL Scripts and Modeling, Making a Golf Ball with GeoSphere Simply Maya - MEL Scripts and Modeling, Making a Golf Ball with GeoSphere on Vimeo In this tutorial we show you how to model a golf ball in Maya with the GeoSphere script and how it will create a better result than using Maya’s platonic solids and smoothing an icosaderon. You’ll learn how to use MEL scripts in Maya, what the five platonic solids are, as well as some modeling basics like chamfer vertices, subdividing edges, offsetting extruded faces and smoothing geometry. The GeoSphere script used in this tutorial is free to download and can be found here; http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/do...on/c/geosphere Key Features: - Installing & Launching a MEL Script - Maya’s Platonic Solids - Creating an Icosaderon with GeoSphere - Extruding & Smoothing Geometry Watch this in HD here http://vimeo.com/user5508401 __________________ Worst Response To A Crisis: From a readers' Q and A column in TV GUIDE: "If we get involved in a nuclear war, would the electromagnetic pulses from exploding bombs damage my videotapes?"
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27-12-2010, 02:34 AM	#2
Acid44 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,639	Skimmed through it quickly, end result looks bloody nice, and sounds easy to follow (when i said quickly I meant it )
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27-12-2010, 03:05 AM	#3
Nilla Administrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Prague Posts: 815	It would be, it's Rick aka ctbram who makes some of the cleanest hard surface models I've seen in Maya. Watching him in action is really interesting. Glad you like it
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27-12-2010, 03:51 AM	#4
BrianM Subscriber Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 20	This is cool never heard of platonic solids in Maya before. Cheers simplymaya and ctbram, good going!
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27-12-2010, 05:47 AM	#5
maheshsubbiah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: India Posts: 145	Thanks Rick. Thanks David for a cool tutorial. Like Brian me too had never heard of platonic solids before Mahesh
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27-12-2010, 09:04 AM	#6
Acid44 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,639	That's ctbram? woooooowww dude thought it was David or one of the staff congrats man!
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27-12-2010, 02:15 PM	#7
bullet1968 Lifetime Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 4,255	Thanks ct...couldnt get grass to work my laptop kept having a cerebal hernia...apologies. Good quick tut and a great explanation of the sphere interpolation by Maya and Geosphere script. cheers bullet Attached Thumbnails __________________ bullet1968 "A Darkness at Sethanon", a book I aspire to model some of the charcters and scenes
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27-12-2010, 09:04 PM	#8
Jay Lead Modeler - Framestore Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK Posts: 6,279	Rick good tute mate - well done Jay
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31-12-2010, 07:46 AM	#9
marctana Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Antananarivo Madagascar Posts: 2	good tuto, now I'm going to check these script thanks __________________ Marc
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02-01-2011, 01:22 AM	#10
vcosamor Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1	On 2nd Jan. 2011, I tried to download Free Friday Tutorial #1: MEL Scripts and Modeling, Making a Golf Ball with GeoSphere. The error message i got from my browser is "The requested URL /18201116 was not found on this server" What could be the problem and how can I get it and others downloaded.
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02-01-2011, 01:27 AM	#11
ctbram Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,997	The script for GeoSphere is available are creativecrash.com. http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/do...on/c/geosphere __________________ "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton, 1675
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05-03-2011, 02:17 AM	#12
Perfecto Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: TN (USA) Posts: 1,889	Very nice tutorial and easy to follow. The Maya platonics can actually give you the same smooth results as the script. After you Chamfer the vertices, just use a sculpt deformer and it will round it out. But the script looks like it works great too. __________________ Don't be satisfied with what you can do but rather strive to do the things you can't do! Exceed Expectations!
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