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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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# 1 21-09-2003 , 09:54 PM

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Hey guys. I'm just starting out in 3D, and I'm following a tutorial to make a model car in Maya. I am using Maya 5, but am having a problem. The image plane are blocking the cube....I can only see it in perspective view, but not in the others. I've tried moving the cube in all directions in every perspective, but I can't seem to figure out what the problem is....

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# 2 21-09-2003 , 09:59 PM

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The only way I've been able to work with it is by lowering the alpha setting on the image plane. Is that the only way?

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# 3 21-09-2003 , 10:11 PM

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are you using camera-based image planes or just textured geometry?

I'd recomend going the geometry route.

-Mike
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# 4 21-09-2003 , 10:27 PM

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I am using camera based. Can you further explain the geometry route?

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# 5 21-09-2003 , 10:50 PM

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Search through the free SM movie tutorials and you'll find a couple for setting up image planes for either mike's shark or kurt's dragon head.

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# 6 21-09-2003 , 11:25 PM

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You could try the tutorial at Mike's site

(https://www.mtmckinley.net/)

on image planes, or the one from here;

https://www.simplymaya.com/movie_pag...mhtml?tut_id=24

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