Nice one, I set mine up to load arnold. I am going to test having it load an arnold material on the object and possible setup a quick light scheme. :D I just hacked the code of the GoZ Mel script and it worked. It just loads a blinn but will set Arnold to default. Instructions: Go to path…
hey does anyone know if or what the max equivalent to the maya Mel script move- x 0; is so that i can snap large groups of verticies to x=0 all at once? not a huge deal im just crossing over the programs and trying to familiarize myself with the Max version of the tools i frquently use in maya. Any help is much…
Hey guys, Is there any maxscript that load image and automatically create image plane with correct proportion and size ratio? I've been using FunkyBunnies mel script called FB-image-plane-O-rizer I thought I could find similar script in max. It's proven to be saving tremendous time setting up reference and it's not a…
A voice you didn't know you'd miss: Thurl Ravenscroft. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/24/ravenscroft.ap/index.html Thurl and Mel Blanc and Sterling Holloway will be meeting for cocktails in the hereafter... cheers to them all. Next time I'm building a fantasy character, I think maybe I'll slide some or all of that…
Dear All, I would like to make a fence with xgen, so I want it to place a primitive box in one line (or in a line defined by a function ). Where should I add expression which controls its location u and v coordinates? Or is there any other easy way (without mel or python) to duplucate with random transform? thank you very…
Nicely done Killingpeople! I'll see if I can get pics of my team at work, prizes for best team costumes. Pics probably wont make it up today, hopefully tomorrow. We're team Mel gibson hahahaha! I'm Maverick, and my coworkers are braveheart, mad max and lethal weapon.
forget MEL - look at Python. Python is extremely powerful in Maya and you can do a lot with it, depending on your pipeline / task. If you want to go into that direction you can investigate script based scene assembly systems, how scripts can help with modular environment workflows or with baking maps and exporting.
Your low poly should have all UV border edges set as hard edges. This should resolve your artifacting, provided you are using a cage. You should probably grab this MEL script from Jon Stewart. It automatically hardens UV borders. http://jonathonstewart.blogspot.com/search/label/Scripts
Just get really familiar with the marking menus and install some nice modeling plugins like NEX, DiamantUV, etc. (look around creativecrash too) and and you should have no problem getting up to speed with practice. If your feeling ambitious learn some mel while your at it to automate some tasks.
@Mark Dygert: Thanks! That helped me a lot. And the Link is great. Exactly what I was looking for.. This sheds more light to it. Unfortunately Red9 doesnt seems to work with MayaLT. The LT Version just supports Mel Scripts and no external Plug-ins. @RN: Thanks. No I know more. Great tips for Blender