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Re: How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)
Check out FrankPolygon's sketchbook. He has a ton of great step-by-steps posts, for example here's one dealing with how to merge two cylinders: https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2746328/#Comment_2746328 -
Custom Script Maya help - Mel/Python
I'm increasingly finding situations where it would be benefitical to pick up mel or python. I need some help with something, and hopefully I can study it.I have a few hundred objects correctly named in Maya. I need them all to have their own duplicant of the shader network, with with a name that matches the object's. An… -
[Mel][Maya] Begginer. Is it possible to convert string text back to variable name?
Hey there. Begginer question. Is it possible in MEL to convert string text back to variable name. Here is rough example: $x=smoothstep(0,30,frame); $y=smoothstep(50,60,frame); $a=$x*$y; //down the script i have this: string $a="$x*$y"; Can i convert it back from string variable to $a=$x*$y; consisting corresponding values… -
Painter 2011: Copy Merged Color Degedation
Newbie here, I've found that when I use copy merged + paste in new image to convert a RIFF into a filetype I can post, the copy's colors are not quite the same. Here's an example from my current project, a screencap of the RIFF on the left, and the copy on the right: I can't just screencap the whole image for posing 'cause… -
Mel script is it possible to query UV direction compared to world space?
After unitizing all the faces on an object sometimes the UV shells will be created facing V up, and some times they'll be created rotated 90 degrees U up in the UV editor. Is there a way in Mel to query if they got rotated so I can then rotate make them face the correct direction. I only need to do this on a single face or… -
Re: Photo Scanning Pikachu
Hi there! I've never made a blog post before.. but I wanted to keep going on this project and be consistent with it. I'm posting this here for my own sake but also a way to be more involved in our industry community, learn new techniques, and hear other artists' perspective or advice, if you're so inclined to give it 😁 I… -
mel script source issue in maya
was trying to install mirrorme.mel script in maya. http://www.cedric3d.com/dl/MirrorMe.mel but source mirrorMe.mel gives me error that no file can be found. I had 3 script subfolders (one under maya folder, another under maya--->2015-x64 folder, third under maya--->2015-x64--->prefs ) all under… -
X-Men - Cerebro Realtime Environment (Unreal Engine 4)
Hello everyone, here is my second Unreal Engine project. I have recreated the Cerebro environment from the X-Men film franchise. The project took a few months to work on, and it taught me a lot about texturing and normal mapping. I did all of the modeling in Maya, textured it in Photoshop, and assembled, lit and rendered… -
[Mel Script] Dynamic Buttons causing crash
Hi, I need some help on a mel script, I hope someone can take a bit of time to look at my code and tell me why it doesn't work and how to fix it. I suspect it could even be a Maya bug... What I am trying to do it create buttons dynamically on the fly using a '+' button. The '+' button will create a new button when I click… -
[MEL] Cleanup script error on run
I've been trying to work on my MEL Scripting by creating a cleanup script in Maya and I've hit a roadbump. The script creates a new window with a few checkboxes with two buttons to confirm and close the window. Before running, it checks to see if you have an object selected before doing anything. In the back end, it's…
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