Hey, thanks for the great tips. I'll definitely be switching my hotkeys around like you did. I didn't know F8-F12 did the same thing. I've already started mapping some other keys, including extrude and edge loop. Those two alone have sped things up a bit. Yeah, I picked up a Max 2011 book and went through some tutorials in…
Hey guys, I just landed an animation job at a company that creates medical products. I'll be working on modeling their products and making instructional video's for their clients and salesmen. It's my first real job, so I'm pretty fired up. :) The thing is, they use Maya 2010... I've been doing a lot of self teaching this…
Is there a way to get selection modes to switch between window/crossing like you can in Max? Maya is great, but this is probably the one reason why I prefer Max over it. I can't seem to find anywhere a way to change the selection mode to only select a component only if it is entirely within the marquee. There is that…
i had the same problem a couple of years ago. to be honest, it was pain in the ass. i first tried to keep my workflow as close to 3dmax as possible, but in the end it's about getting used to the way maya works. and after a couple of month you see that maya is at least as powerful as max, plus it's much easier to customize…