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Maya topics covered in this chapter include the following:
- Planning
- Polys vs. NURBS
- Polygon Basics
- Modeling Toolkit
- Polygon Editing
- A Poly model: Cartoon Hand
- Creating Areas of Detail
- Modeling the Catapult
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Introducing Autodesk Maya 2015 Chapter 4: Beginning Polygonal - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Introducing Autodesk Maya 2015 Chapter 4: Beginning Polygonal - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Introducing Autodesk Maya 2015 Chapter 4: Beginning Polygonal Modeling Maya topics covered in this chapter include the following: Planning Polys vs. NURBS Polygon Basics Modeling Toolkit Polygon Editing A Poly
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Planning a Model
- Knowing a models use in the
scene is key
- Built the detail of a model to
what is needed for the scene, economize
- Polygon vs. NURBS
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Polys vs. NURBS
- Polygons are
made of faces that join together at Edges, with points called Vertices
- NURBS are
based on smooth curves drawn between Control Vertices
- NURBS surfaces
are created between isoparms and have spans
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Polygons
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Primitives
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- Interactive Creation v. Traditional Creation
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Polygon Modeling
- Box modeling
- Use the same curves that NURBS
surfaces use
- Create poly surfaces directly
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Polygon Editing
- Poly Extrusions
and Bevels are popular tools
- Poly extrusion
tools allow you to pull faces or edges out to form new poly faces, to expand upon your model
- Modeling Toolkit’s
Bevel vs. Maya Bevel – they can help round corners to help better catch light
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Modeling Toolkit
- Formerly known
as the plugin NEX
- Combines
workflows to make editing and creation easier
- Raycast selection
rocks!
- Symmetry
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Creating a Cartoon Hand
- You start with
a simple Poly cube that is subdivided to allow for the proper extrusions
- Extrude faces
to form the fingers and thumb
- Smooth the
model to add subdivisions to manually edit points to sculpt a more detailed hand
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Adding Areas of Detail
- Adding detail usually
involves adding faces and edges to create more vertices
- Subdivide Tool
increases detail to the selection
- Interactive Split (a.k.a.
Poly Split) tool is good for precisely adding edges where you need them
- Insert Edge Loop
adds edges around the entire model
- Adding detail to the
right areas is key to a well defined model
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Modeling the Catapult!
- Complex objects are
a colleciton of simple
- nes
- You can always
increase the level of detail for a model by adding smaller elements and finer particulars.
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Modeling the Catapult!
- Use Booleans to
create screws
– Be careful with Booleans!
- Insert Edge Loop is
an awesome tool!
- Extruding is an
extremely powerful tool
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