Maya help

GoK

Ok guys my noobness with maya is unparalleled! but i have a client who needs me to use it so i need to get to grips pretty fast and i figured this was the place to come

Ok here's the deal... I have a weighted model i have been given that has "blend shapes" already assigned as well. I need to make several variations of this model. My first thought was to take the model into max and do some versions there as im accustomed to it and then bring those back into Maya but as the model has weighting and blend shapes this is going to be more trouble than it is worth i think.

The main problems i have (keep in mind iv never used Maya) are, (a) I cant select the model... no matter what i press i cant select the thing in the view port.. I can select some of the helpers that are set up around it for animation but not the actual mesh itself? anyone guess what i am missing?

Secondly The "blend shapes" as far as i am aware are just like morph targets in max... :S but they are not on screen and i cant seem to un-hide them. gah I'm a noob I know..

If anyone can help with this... Ill buy you a coffee!

Cheers in advance!

GoK

ohh and how do i export an .OBJ from maya..

Thank you!

EzMeow

GoK wrote: »

ohh and how do i export an .OBJ from maya..

Thank you!

You need to activate the obj plugin in the plugin manager (windows>setting/preference> plug-in manager).

By the way, about your selection problem, did you checked if your object was frozen or in template mode : you can select the object in the outliner then check its attribute in the attribute editor(ctrl+a while you have your object selected).
Otherwise maybe the object is on a layer in template mode.

m4dcow

Check the layer editor, the model maybe on a layer that is set to reference (To the left of the layer name there is a box for this that may have an "R" in it). The blend shapes may also be in a hidden layer so toggle whatever you can see.

You can also go to (windows>outliner) to see the hiearchy of the scene, hidden object's text is greyed out so you can select them there and enable visibility.

GoK

Nice one on the OBJ exporter many thanks!

About the selection stuff I can select it in the outliner ! which is a step in the right direction It doesnt seem to have any atributes that seem to be freezing it though... It turns green when i select it, I dont get any normal options from the right click menu either, like vert, edge etc... When i click anywhere away from the model i cant select it again unless i use the outliner very puzzeling! does that give anyone anymore insight...

throttlekitty

For selection constraints, there's a series of buttons along the top. I can't seem to duplicate not being to get any rClick options though.

GoK

Thanks, I can right click, its just i only get one list here ill show you...



Thanks