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Make a triangle with selected edges in Maya.
Does anyone know if there is a tool or technique I could use to make a triangle from 2 selected edges. I would normally use the append to polygon tool but selecting edges is really fiddily. I've also tried extruding the edge, collapsing it and snap it to a vert to manually make a triangle but it's not always easy to do it… -
Maya AO maps
OK, what gives? I get this beautiful clean result out of XSI on the left, but no matter what I tweak in transfer maps, this nasty blown out pos on the right outta maya. We currently only have one XSI license and it aint on my machine so its a pain. So, until we get more, does anyone have any tips on how to get a better… -
maya construction help tools?
Hi polycounters :) iam doing a skate bowl for a level. Using the loft tool in maya is easy and straightforward for skining, but when i place the curves to make the angles match, its hard to make accurate angles when constructing. is there maybe a helpful tool in maya like the ones in illustrator? like showing the degrees,… -
creating lensflare and scatter rays in maya mental ray renderer?
I am having a tough time trying to create lens flare for my lights in Maya.Whenever I render with Mental ray,the lens flare doesn't show but shows in Maya software renderer.Also I tried using shadow Glow on my bulb polygonal mesh to get it to glow so I can use lens flare,but Maya crashes. Is there a way to create scatter… -
In need of a Maya plug-in
Hey Folks, i need a specific Maya Plug-in, maybe someone knows if there is something like that the plug-in i need will be used for making seams on seats ( the stitching) it needs to make an array of a geometry i can select and bend this along a spline. its important that i can use any geometry i want. also i need to be… -
Maya Python scripting help.
I'm trying to convert a script that I use for transferring UVs to use connect component to draw edges between selected verts. Current it draws a single line and then gives a weird error. Warning: Can't perform polyConnectComponents4 on selection Here's the current python script import maya.cmds as cm #grab all the selected… -
[UE4] Normal problems when exporting from Maya
Hello everybody, as probably many of you I'm currently testing the new awesome Unreal Engine 4. In the last week I tried to have an overview of the new amazing features. Today I started to import some assets from Maya and I'm having some big issue. Basically, when I try to import static meshes with the "import normals"… -
Investigating error(s) in Normal maps for use in Maya
So for the past few days I've been doing some experiments with Maya and seeing the best approach to Normal maps and how they exactly work. I've read: * You're making me hard. Making sense of hard edges, uvs, normal maps and vertex counts * Understanding averaged normals and ray projection/Who put waviness in my normal map?… -
maya question re multi sub object
so if I have an object with more than one material and I click on a face with a pareticular material, maya does not automatically seclect that material in the attribute aditor like in blender. is ther any way to sync the selection? -
[Maya] "Connect" is bugged after applying any boolean
After applying any new interactive boolean, which has been added in new 2023 maya versions, my "connect" starts to work in a very weird way, however, other tools like "multicut" or "connect tool" are completely fine. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnk1zUnnZwE Only what i found is a exactly same problem on Autodesk…
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