Maya - Shape Question

Greg DAlessandro

How can I do this in Maya?
I am having trouble with cv curves. I am trying to create that shape with a sharp lip at the edge like the one in the video.

9:36 - 11:34

https://vimeo.com/26399689

SonicBlue

You have problems in creating the shapes:



or making the mesh to be used as an alpha?

Greg DAlessandro

I'm having trouble creating those shapes in your first image.

I'm trying to also get this bump as well:


But this is my result:

SonicBlue

I made you a video, it's faster to explain, taking in consideration that you know at least the basic of Maya:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz6DTLwFw44[/ame]


I used Bazier Curves to do that, since I usually use them I find that I can control better the result.

To snap to the grid you have to press X and hold it down, or enable the corresponding icon on the interface.

The bump is quite easy, if you follow what I did and used the same parameters, you just need to add an edge loop here:



Then, select the inner edge loop, and with the move tool pull it up a little, subdivide with Subdivision Surface (shortcut 3), done.





Take some time to play with the various parameters and values to get the result you want.

Greg DAlessandro

This is perfect, thank you for the help.