Help on Transitioning from Maya to Modo

onionhead_o

Hi all. I would really appreciate if someone can link me to some good tutorials specifically for maya to modo. Im currently trying to learn modo to make use of its powerful new operator workflow. But to do that i need to at least get comfortable using modo.

i feel so crippled right now, i m having trouble with the most simplest task atm.for example i cannot figure out how to cap a hole. tried the fill quad options but doesnt really work for me. another thing im looking for is how to create a cylinder with uniform scale, meaning a round cylinder instead of a ellipse cylinder, this i really easy to do in maya.

sacboi

This might be useful:

MODO for Maya Artists

and Tor Frick's tutorials are a must if hard surface is your thing.

ChrisFraser

I'm currently taking a stab at learning Modo myself. One thing I learned about making primitives, is that you can shift+click (or ctrl+click, cant remember which exactly) on the primitive you want to make and it will make a 1x1 version of that primitive at 0,0,0. Then you can scale it up from there.

Alternately, if you click on the primitive you want to create, like a cylinder for example, then before you click drag to create it, you can set all the object parameters in the bottom left hand side of the screen. Once you get the parameters to what you want, then you just right click in the viewport and it will create that primitive with the allocated parameters you set. That way, you can get a uniform round cylinder.

onionhead_o

thanks guys. Great tip btw ChrisFraser. Im going through the pixel fondue tutorials, they are definitely a big help.

musashidan

I've heard rumours of Adobe buying out the Foundry, so this could mean the eventual death of Modo. Might be worth checking out before you make the move.

EDIT: it turns out it was just that, a rumour. HgCapital - a private equity firm in the UK- bought them out.

onionhead_o

pheww good thing that wasnt true.

onionhead_o

Does anyone know whats the texture Deformer equivalent in Modo. Its very hard to find info on that.

WilliamVaughan

whats texture deformer in Maya? any examples

WilliamVaughan

You can use a procedural (Enhance Texture) as a displacement layer Effect in MODO

You can also use textures to displace verts ... 

http://pushingpoints.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/TextureFalloff_01.gif

WilliamVaughan

Some links that might help:
https://youtu.be/qAKCHMxNUlM
https://youtu.be/3bPS-0GrMUQ
https://youtu.be/Rl92oSx0Op4

WilliamVaughan

If your looking to get up to speed in MODO this might be of interest:
http://pushingpoints.com/v2/the-pushing-points-modo-essentials-book/

onionhead_o

Thanks William, These are very helpful

onionhead_o

WilliamVaughan said:

whats texture deformer in Maya? any examples

Texture Deformer in Maya displaces the geometry with a given texture Kinda similar to transform effector with the texture falloff in Modo, but within one tool Works with Vector Displacement as well.

Dataday

musashidan said:

I've heard rumours of Adobe buying out the Foundry, so this could mean the eventual death of Modo. Might be worth checking out before you make the move.

EDIT: it turns out it was just that, a rumour. HgCapital - a private equity firm in the UK- bought them out.

HGcapital can just as easily resell it as well. These equity firms often like to buy low, sell high. Its hard to say as Modo is probably not their biggest money maker. They purchased the Foundry, which has Nuke, Mari and some other high profile software under its umbrella. Holding onto one software is not a requirement if they think its not worth it.

Adobe is probably looking at acquiring a 3D package, either that or they will make their own, though it seems like the usual pattern is to just acquire.

Its a good time for users to start looking into Blender, and this is coming from a Modo user.

onionhead_o

Blender is a great software, but i would appreciate if your dont derail this thread.

WilliamVaughan

onionhead_o said:

WilliamVaughan said:

whats texture deformer in Maya? any examples

Texture Deformer in Maya displaces the geometry with a given texture Kinda similar to transform effector with the texture falloff in Modo, but within one tool Works with Vector Displacement as well.

Thanks for the description. I think for now the Transform Effector with falloff might be the solution... but if I think of anything else I'll let you know.