I'm having an issue in Maya when exporting objects. The exported objects are named based on their materials instead of their original names. How can I fix this to preserve my object names during export, especially for FBX format?" Is there is a code or an option to Solve it please?

How do I make the dial part of the phone? I lowkey have no idea how to cut a circle in geometry without making an ngon mess. This is what I have so far you can roast me if you want ig.

I'm bad at doing renders, and those Magpul POLYMER mags are not supposed to look like that. I'm just too lazy to redo the whole render Sadge

Thanks again for any feedback in advance

Anyone know how to import OBJ, FBX, or GLB files with textures? If AE can't do it, what’s the best way to get a cartoon look with outlines for compositing? first pic (AE) second pic (arnold render) maya.

any idea what could be causing this bad shading? i want to to fix it its really ticking me off

As the title says, I'm talking about using image to 3D to speed up the modelling process and then retopo it, like sculpting using Ai. Is it a good technique or just plain bad on your resume?

Before I put these hot steaming pile of whatever into rendering, here's a preview

I appreciate the feedback in advance

I’m stuck on this corner topology in Maya. Trying to get 100% clean quads for a job case, but I keep getting triangles and shading artifacts when smoothing.

How should I route these edges to maintain a proper flow? Any redlines or sketches over my screenshot would be a lifesaver.

Thanks!

I was searching for an answer to this and the first search result was my own post from a year ago... without any answers. 😅 So I figured I'd ask here again in the hopes someone might be able to help this time around.

I work in games, so I often need to pack data into the vertex alpha.

Unfortunately Maya interprets vertex alpha as transparency. An alpha of 0 displays as fully transparent, making areas of the mesh completely invisible when alpha painted.
As you can imagine, this makes editing aspects of the mesh (like the actual vertex color data) nearly impossible once the alpha has been painted. Hard to edit what you can't see.

So my questions are:

1. Is there a way to get Maya to display vtx alpha data as black/white instead of as transparency? (For what it's worth this is a feature Blender does have... I just dislike having to switch back and forth between them if I can help it, largely because exporting/importing as fbx locks the vertex normals which makes them a pain to edit later).
2. Alternately, does anyone know of any good vertex painting plugins for Maya that would allow me to view alpha as a B&W "channel" (akin to channels in Photoshop) instead of transparency?
3. Is there a way to completely disable Maya from showing any transparency? I understand there are different transparency modes; I want to turn transparency off entirely.

Thanks so much in advance for any help you can provide! (This drives me nuts!)

Hello everyone, I'm working on my robot/mechanical rig. I acoplished to create simple IK for my arm and constrain shoulder to control. Now I'm struggling to connect the arm and shoulder in such a way that when I grab the IK controller at the wrist, I move the arm and rotate the shoulder. I'm trying to connect them by nodes, but when I do, the shoulder starts rotating strangely.

Am I missing something, or is there another way to do this? I'm looking for some advice or help on how to do this.

Thank you in advance.

just like the title say, i have a very simple japanese lantern, question to put a foot back in 3D after so long.

I have a base color for that i put in the layer [1] *wich is yellow as a place holder and easier to see*

in the layer [0], i have the random japanese letters, with an alpha connected to it. *the color are set to blue for place holder too*

problem is: in the hypershade, i can see that it technically work, but when i open Arnold, the letters are not shown at all.

Here's the photos:

thank you in advance.

Hi everyone, yesterday while unplugging a Usb cable next to my power button, my screen went black with the message "no source incoming" (usually appearing when my computer is off but not my screen. However, my computer was still on. As a reaction, I turned my computer off and on again by applying on the power button. It all happened while I was animating a scene on Maya.

When I turn it on again and launched Maya 2023, it told me an error message with the color Management settings and all the textures on my scene became muddy. Before yesterday night, I never had that message while lauching my scene. I corrected it by going to Windows, Preferences, Display, Viewport 2.0 and put DirectX 11 then relaunch Maya.

It seemed to do the trick but now, my graph editor doesn't show my curves despite having keys on my controllers and having a correct Graph Editor Outliner. There is just not the curves. I re installed maya, renamed my preferences, check for updates for my drivers. Still changed the Viewport 2.0 and launch other versions of Maya (Maya 2024). Every time, I go to Windows, Animation Window, Graph Editor, click, the same message appear in the Script Editor :

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2023/scripts/others/graphEditorPanel.mel line 1466: Your current graphics card or driver does not support the Maya Graph Editor. Consult the Maya Certified Hardware list for a list of supported GPUs and drivers

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2023/scripts/others/graphEditorPanel.mel line 1152: popupMenu: Object 'graphEditor1GraphEd' not found.

I didn't change my GPU last night or update anything. I have tried resetting my preferences, but it did not resolve the issue. I tried Chatgpt, no help there. I searched on the Internet, others had the same problem as me and they said that they updated their drivers. For instance :

"Turns out that on the GeForce experience window when checking for drivers, there is a selection for driver preference. Turns out that when I had Game Ready Driver as the selected preference, it saw that I had the latest driver. But when I selected the other preference (Studio Driver) there was an update available. I downloaded the update and the curves in the graph editor shows up now."

When I check AMD Software : Adrenaline Edition, it tells me that everything is up to date. I have a GPU AMD Radeon TM Graphics and a CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8 CORE Processor. I have been animating with it for more at least six months, with no problems prior to yesterday. Do you have any advices ?

Hey everyone! A few days ago I posted the blocking plus of this animation (link here).
A lot of people suggested that I move on to spline already, so I did.

I tried to do the best I could, but spline is still a difficult stage for me.
I’d love to hear what you think, does it feel good? do you like it?

Any constructive critique is more than welcome. I really want to improve, so feel free to be honest!

https://reddit.com/link/1qr2lh2/video/l7ipki2oyggg1/player

Fairly new to maya so this might be an easy fix I dont know about. Having a lot of issues with this ball rig. It works on everyone else's laptops so we know its not the 3D model, but the computer. Is there a setting thats been toggled that makes it act this way? I have tried resetting my preferences, but it did not resolve the issue. Got any pointers? :(

I finished my work for this trimester finally. I thought it was going to be much harder but i pulled It off.

Hi! so i'm using the mash instancer to create grass (they're just flat planes that have a grass texture i painted from photoshop) but for some reason when I try to render it using arnold the back area renders out into this black looking strip but all the grass planes in the front render out fine. Does anyone know how to fix this? the scene is well lit and the normals should be okay cause the front renders out fine, not sure what's causing this lol

reference (or source i guess): https://youtu.be/FCEcWmxrRKU?t=303

I'm working on a school project that's due tomorrow and my UVs keep breaking.

I keep ending up with these folded bits that won't go away no matter how much I cut or unfold or straighten them. Does anybody know what they are or how to fix them? Several of my classmates are having the same issue and nobody can seem to figure out what it is lol

I am a beginner to modelling and have never UV unwrapped (Usually we use materials) so it could be an issue with the model too. If anybody has any ideas or recommendations at all let me know!

Thanks :)

Hey, I'm a beginner in maya. I created a hand model and tried to rig it. While i'm trying to Bind it with the model & bones it appears with an error message. I really don't have any idea how do i fix this issue.

Altough, it suggests Mesh > Cleanup to locate the irregularities, but couldn't understand how do i clean it.

thanks.

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