Questions tagged [maya]
Questions about the proprietary 3D graphics software produced by Autodesk, Inc. Maya® 3D animation software offers a comprehensive creative feature set for 3D computer animation, modeling, simulation, rendering, and compositing on a highly extensible production platform.
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Curve point not always bound to its cluster deformer
I have a scene with two triangles, the big triangle is called curve1 and the small one curve2.
I need a component of curve1 (the tip point) to be always attached or parented to curve2. So that if I ...
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How to parent a objects component to another object, so that only the component moves with the object?
I have two objects in my scene, a line called curve1 and a circle called nurbsCircle1. I want to attach one end of curve1 line to the nurbsCircle1 shape.
So that when I move the circle, one end of ...
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Parent a point from one object to another object?
I have three objects in my scene:
circle called nurbsCircle1
a straight line called curve1
another straight line called curve2
I want one end of these straight line objects to always move along with ...
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Building a curved beam in 3D
I am currently building a Torii gate from this concept image, but am having issues building the top cross beam. I have used the bend deform, but I feel that I am not efficiently solving this problem. ...
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Is there a simple fill polygon tool in Maya like there is in blender?
I'm just moving from Blender to Maya, and have spent the last few hours trying to find a Maya equivalent to the blender fill tool. The fill tool works in the blender by selecting at least two vertices ...
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Creating nurbs curves using python
I'm trying to automate the creation of nurbs curves using python for an auto rigger I am making. Unfortunately I cant seem to wrap my head around the cmds.curve command making the curve periodic. This ...
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Maya - Delete vs dissolve
Perhaps a noob question, but I come from a Blender background and I'm having trouble in handling the different ways of deleting in Maya. Blender has a thing where it always asks you 'what' you want to ...
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MAYA 2016: Align multiple faces in line
I want to align selected faces on line(black) so they all would be flat. How can I do this?
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UV problem with Soda Can (Maya Beginner)
Hi all I am making a Coke Can in Maya. I want to UV map it so I can add the texture of different sodas to it.
I thought i was careful to use only one mesh and not have it all split into different ...
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How to make spline ik work like HumanIK's spine in Maya?
I'm trying to setup Spline Ik work like HumanIk's spine, but I can't control the bending of the curve of Spline Ik. Here is the picture:
Fig.1. Compare HumanIk vs SplineIk
Fig.2. My SplineIK's curve ...
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The plug-in does not support the following material types: Material with type 'unknown' will be imported as a Phong material
I am new to Maya. I have a 3D model of an IKEA bed that has sheets, throw and else thing but I am only interested in the wooden bed. I was hoping to be able to import it into Maya (either of the fbx ...
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data loss when I use a free rig character in Maya
Every time I extract a free rig character in Maya -no matter which version I use- this error rises:
"error have occurred while reading this scene that may results in data loss. please check ...
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Need for help to an amateur! [closed]
I found a caricature on Adobe and I wonder how it is made?
What processes are waiting for me to make this?
The Author made this by Adobe Photoshop, Zbrush, Maya, and Vray
This Link on Behance: https:/...
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Scripted solution to penetrating meshes (Maya)
I have thousands of human meshes that are wearing garment meshes (some with looser garments and others with tighter garments). The problem is that the garments are penetrating the human mesh in ...
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How to render a texture of an object from it's color, uvs and lighting?
I have a rock in my project:
And it's UV's:
It has a standard Arnold material: Ai Standard Surface with a grey color.
There's also some lighting on the scene.
I'm trying to generate a texture which ...
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