roman columns

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 16-08-2007 , 02:55 AM

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I'm trying to make a roman column in Maya for a personal project.

I've no clue where to start?

Can anyone help, or even send me a model?

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# 2 16-08-2007 , 03:10 AM

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What do you mean by a roman column? Pic would be nice to see what your after.

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# 3 16-08-2007 , 03:21 AM

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something like this...

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# 4 16-08-2007 , 03:39 AM

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I can't remember exactly but doesn't the poly modeling training in the help files go over something similar.

Try checking that out, if not extrude every other faceround the side of a cylinder outwards to get a ridged effect, and do a few extrudes off a cube to get the bottom.

Hope this helps.

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# 5 16-08-2007 , 03:45 AM

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There are a couple of free video tuts for modeling a Roman column in modo but I'm sure you can apply the same modeling methods to maya:

Column Pt. I
Column Pt. II

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# 6 16-08-2007 , 04:12 AM

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I don't seem to have the polygon tutorial.

Thanks for the vids...

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# 7 16-08-2007 , 05:12 AM

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Shouldent be too hard.

You could either model it all as one from a cube, or use sepperate objects (cube, cylinder, cube) adjusting them as you go along.

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# 8 16-08-2007 , 05:49 AM

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Use the extrude command for this .
start with two squares above each other then duplicate it for a 3th time and then reshape it as the profile you need duplicate this a couple of times and so on then extrude them

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