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# 1 21-01-2006 , 01:22 PM
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First model: Computer

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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# 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

# 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

Er...sorry Jornkes. Translation?

# 8 22-01-2006 , 06:19 PM
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Originally posted by arran
Er...sorry Jornkes. Translation?

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

@ Arran: I've tried the polygons>smooth function before but then it turns out really wierd and spikey :s

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# 9 22-01-2006 , 06:35 PM
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How about selecting the unsmoothed button and go to edit polygons-Smooth/Harden Normals-options/All soft


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# 10 22-01-2006 , 06:43 PM
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I don't have Smooth/Harden in my edit polygon menu :s

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soften harden normals in edit polygons


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# 12 22-01-2006 , 06:47 PM
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i have had this before
is it an extrusion or cylinder
im not sure mayb its some thing to do wiv keep new faces together (do u have this turned on)?


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# 13 22-01-2006 , 06:53 PM
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Its a cylinder, and where do i set the 'keep faces together' option?

# 14 22-01-2006 , 07:03 PM
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menu:/ polygons/tooloptions {right at the bottom} click to check

# 15 22-01-2006 , 07:06 PM
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Hmmmmz doesn't seem to go any better ... still the same edges

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