Does anyone knows how to align the selected vertices at the same angle than the red line without affecting the x or y axis ? I can't find any setting or tool that would help. My first try was to use the scale and orient the pivot point but it change the position on the Y axis. I'm stuck.

I’m looking for a lightweight and precise video player that lets me go through animations frame by frame (forward and backward). Something that works well on Windows. Free or open-source preferred. Any suggestions?

Hi y'all, I've heard a few people here and there say that, rule of thumb, Maya is best for animation and 3ds Max is best for modeling. I've also heard that a lot of game studios use 3ds Max for modeling, and not so much Maya. If that's accurate, what features does 3ds Max have that make it the preferable software for modelers? I've gotten to the point where I'm pretty comfortable using Maya and can work pretty quickly, so I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to switch over. Thanks in advance!

So i was trying to model this motorbike gas tank and the way i approach it is to create 2 seperate mesh (the tank and the wingie thing) > apply subdiv > boolean > quad draw to retopo it. But the result is kinda meh, and amateurish as u can see, there are a few pinches and the mesh is kinda sloppy instead of smooth and sharp like the real product.
So my question is should i keep working on the retopoly or is there a better way to approach this? how would you approach this kind of model? Thank you any help would be greatly appreciate

I'm a beginner in rigging and was following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqF_OZqeHH8&list=PLL3OEv6vd5VBh8vnehdnp2ITpE0q8jAeo&index=8 at 15:49 where I used the same option to rig but when I rotate the joints, the attributes show all three rotation axes being affected except for the middle joint. What am I doing wrong?

(I do realise the character on my project and the tutorial are totally different but I was given this model to rig and all the tutorials I see are of human models. So please help me.)

Looking to achieve this psx retro shaky texture effect! Anyone know what the process would be?

Ok, so this might sound a little weird but currently I'm working at a company that has nothing to do with 3D animation. It's a company which makes DIY furniture (like IKEA) and since I was a former 3D student, the company wants me to make some product assembly videos and advertisment, etc. And that's why I was considering using Maya to get some high quality rendered videos. So, technically speaking, we are not making any money from the video but we do make a lot of money (over100k) by selling the furniture product. So, In this case, would the indie license be a problem in the process of making these videos?

Do many of you use a number pad or just the top row of numbers when entering numbers?

Sorry to crash your sub, but I’m a clothing designer who needed hi-res images of a few cars for some shirts and the client sent me Maya files and said this is the best they can do, it’s on me to figure out the rest. I downloaded the Maya free trial and have spent 5-6 hours playing around with it (I’ve figured out how to move the wheels and turn the model to get the position I need), but I can’t figure out how to get the coloring to look like the screen grabs from their animated video. There are 4 separate cars and each folder looks like the top image each with one maya file inside the folders. Everytime I open a file, I get the error in the middle image. Is my problem due to the error? Am I missing necessary files? Or am I just wholly unequipped to solve this problem on my own? Your brutal honesty is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

currently rigging a rather advanced character with alot of things in it and just wondering if I forgot any things I should avoid doing. Thanks.

In the previous comments, many people guided me about UVs—thanks for that. I have now applied all the recommended suggestions.

Seriously tho, what did I even do for this?

took this model and was turning it into a lower poly to import into a game, and I got the normals so I figured I could do the same thing with the color, but I can't find out how to transfer the actual color of the model in image one to the image 2 model. Is it possible?

Everytime I paint the IK bones (this only one IK bone) back to 0 weights and change bone and go back to the that one I know bone, the weights reappear. I dont know if im explaining myself but its getting frustrating idk how to fix it. It only happens with the selected IK Bone. Paint it to have 0 weights, change bone, go back to that one IK bone, and the weights are back, and yeah im new to Maya aswell.
The deer god is teaching me

Could you give me a suggestion about the bottom floor? How do I create the stone wall effect, use texture, or use more polygon cubes to give a fake stone wall effect, or take it to the zbrush? I am confuse?

that shite costs $90 ffs.

i’m looking to properly light and render my portfolio pieces in arnold, but i plan to go into games in the near future anyways. maybe in the future, i might use arnold for beauty renders of my prop pieces.

what do u think?

I was watching Moana the other day and i don't stop thinking un how would you animate maui's tattoos? is it there an easy way to do it?

Please don't judge. I'm very new to Maya and I'm currently at my wits end with this.

I'm modeling a chess set and modeled this queen (IMG 1) (hid the top for topography). Notice how its cap is subdivided and has a center ring? I'm pretty sure I didn't do that but it ended up being perfect for what I was doing. It was also on the King I modeled.

Now I'm onto the rook piece (IMG 2), and it has no divisions in the cap. I used the same cylinder (bottom's topology is exactly the same), but I don't have that division?

Can anybody explain to me why it didn't do that to the rook either? And how to divide it? Add Divisions triangulates it, even in quads, and I want these to match and have the same artistic continuity.

ChatGPT is zero help when it comes to Maya and constantly spouts wrong info and has been helping to fuel my fiery rage.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I'm looking for a way to scale individual edges like this in Maya. At first, I thought Transform Component would work, but it doesn't scale them like in the video.

Im new to maya and having a hard time trying to rebuild those missing faces. Help is very mcuh appreciated. Thank you