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.
# 1 06-11-2003 , 08:14 PM
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new computer

In the next month or half, I get the chance to buy a new system. So I want to ask you all to give me some feedback, tips, hints, pointers what to buy. Its a mayor step for me (and my wallet).

Hope you people can help me out here

Chris.:bgreen:

# 2 06-11-2003 , 10:32 PM
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If you are really serious then i would suggest:

Dual processors (I would choose Opretons)
A high end card for professionals like Quadro
a gigabyte of ram or more
a large monitor (perhaps 2 user added image)

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Well.. Whats yer budget?


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# 4 08-11-2003 , 06:09 AM
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My budget is going to bee about $2500/$3000.

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that's good.. with 3000, I got a dual Opteron system and it's working great! user added image

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ya luky man emo!!!


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heheh.. I just did a test animation to see what's going on and this is some benchmarks:

I did 90 frames @ 640x480 on the Ocean preset. the end result was:

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Resource Usage At End Of Rendering
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53.699 Mb Peak total size(Estimated)
10.104 Mb Peak arena size
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48.563 Mb Current
0.125 Mb NURBS Surface Shapes
6.667 Mb Render Cache
1.875 Mb MEL
0.125 Mb Transforms
1.000 Mb NURBS AG
0.313 Mb Data Blocks
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Total Time For Render (hh:mm:ss): 01:54:20
Total Elapsed Time For Maya (hh:mm:ss): 01:54:20

not bad if you ask me... almost 2 hours but it was pretty nice compared to my old pc

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oo and this is a screen shot of what it looks like and how big it is... I'm gonna play around some more as this has no AA and so on

Automatic near/far clipping values: 0.1, 533.6.
Result:

E:/Projects/Ocean/images/Ocean_WhiteCapsCamShape07.iff
Constructing shading groups.
Rendering current frame.
Frame triangle count: 12800
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Resource Usage At End Of Frame
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1294 Page faults
53.590 Mb Peak total size(Estimated)
18.001 Mb Peak arena size
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48.535 Mb Current
0.125 Mb NURBS Surface Shapes
6.667 Mb Render Cache
1.875 Mb MEL
0.125 Mb Transforms
1.000 Mb NURBS AG
0.007 Mb Render Geometry Arena
0.313 Mb Data Blocks
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Postprocessing rendering result.
Time For Tessellation (hh:mm:ss): 00:00:00
Time For Shadow Map (hh:mm:ss): 00:00:00
Time For Post Process (hh:mm:ss): 00:00:00
Time For Frame Render (hh:mm:ss): 00:00:31
Finished Rendering E:/Projects/Ocean/images/Ocean_WhiteCapsCamShape07.iff
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Bah!

great!


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NoTalent: If you're computer savvy, then I would suggest building your own box. With $3K, you'll get way more than if you store bought or had *ahck!* Gateway build it. ewwww. I said a bad word... user added image


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# 12 13-11-2003 , 08:45 PM
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Thanks for the input, guys. This is really helping me to make a plan/choice !

Emo; ocean scene is lookin' great.

Aldudeau; great link !


Chris

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