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Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong section! None of my fellow students have any models I could rig for them, I don't suppose anyone here does? I'm looking for a biped, 'toony' type, with enough ...

Andyba: Thanks very much for your recommendation. I was not aware of Modo and I've now downloaded the demo version and am watching tutorials. If you were to combine Lightwave and Cinema 4D, I thin ...

We are currently studying on a simulation project for training the locomotive drivers. We are investigating the possible methods for 3D graphical modelling of the railway. Question is how to reflect ...

I would like a script that extrudes multiple closed polygons to a specific plane. I have the profiles of several buildings and just want to extrude them to the ground. Also I have a editable mesh ...

Hello there! Does anyone have a tutorial how to rig/bone a character in Cinema 4D? I'd really need one. :D Thanks! :wink: ...

3d character modelling in maya ...

I am trying to get the distance from the camera to all visible points in the scene. The z-buffer is exactly that, correct? However I've been told that you cannot export Maya's z-buffer. I tried che ...

Hi I am a grad student at the rhode island school of design. I am planning t a large chandelier made from credit card sized fresnel magnying lenses, zip tied together to form a 3d sheet. It is made ...

hi i have downloaded Lightwave 9.3 trial and i clicked it and it poped up this error :(
pls help me as soon as possible thx :D ...

Whats the easiest 3d modeling program available at present, something really basic that could be taught to a 13 year old?. Does anybody have any other ideas for an interesting creative program that ...

I am scanning Point Cloud to Polygons - human faces
I want to replace the eyes, which are generally a mess, with preformed eyes.
I have such an eye in OBJ format but I need to tweak it ...

There should be a package of scripts useful to patches like the MeshTools package is for mesh editing. Patches have such fantastic potential for making smooth, clean models, but they have some prett ...

I am trying to do some modeling of some old ABC Lithtech 1.0 models and am in desperate need of these versions. If someone could direct me where to obtain coipes, I would appreciate it. If anyone ...

Hello, Antipodes Ltd. is a software company that use 3D Studio Max to create a software product for interior designing. On the website www.3dspacer.com you can try on the demo of Office and Bathro ...

I use two different machines for XSi. On machine one, when I select a number of random points, turn snap on and translate along an axsis, all the points "snap" to the same value for the a ...

I'm new to XSI so this may be a simple question... I have imported two curves: one a boundary curve--say for the outline of a room; the second is a profile curve for a molding that will run arou ...

since i wasnt able to find help or tutorial on making nice holes on uneven surface with out using boleans... i decided to use splines and mix with cut tool... my question is how do i use 3d snap to o ...

Does anyone know where to find some examples of what can be done with this technique? ...

i found this tool.. been playing around with it... prob i got is that when im underpoly tool seems that ring or loop dont work with the hole i made... any way that the hole i carve with it can be use ...

Hi is there a way to do spline patching in xsi like in LW ? Tal ...

Hi, Can someone explain to me how to create image planes using 3dmax? I know you can set background bitmaps, but the problem there is that the images from viewport to viewport are not the same ...

1.If I wanna have a curve being both linear and cubic, do I have to draw different parts of it and merge them together? 2. After lofting two curves, how can I make surfaces at both ends? The only ...

Hello! I create a model using couple Boolean->Union's and deleted history etc. so the object should be clear now, but whenever I duplicate it, it turns into something weird, I don't even know ...

Hello, I want do dress up my current character with a necklace. A primitive one with teeth lined up on it. Naturally, a torus with cloth would just flatten. A Disc with a displacement would be ...

Im looking to see any one who knows of any good tips on modeling in general and also looking to find any web sites or references that may assist me in modeling an mossy looking tavern. like middle ag ...

How do i make a NURBS U Loft on some Curves with MaxScript? ...

When modelling, lets say you are attaching a hand to the body(figure below) what if the hand is more complex than the body, do you have to go and divide the edges in the body to get it to match the h ...

Hi all. I have this problem, I have some point around one edge of my path that have only ONE Handle, instead of three. Is there anyway to get other two handles back? I need them badly to change the ...

hello guys,
here's my first 3d modeling i made. i just started using 3D Max. what can you say about my work? :)
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Hey guys well I am a native maya modeller but maya's render is very hard to work with so I decided i will model in maya and render in max. The problem I have is that when I export a maya mesh as a 3d ...

Is it possible to import dxf files or exported maya models? How would I do it? ...

Hey, Im new to Maya and I managed to hide the three dimensional axes that allow me to switch views, so now Im stuck on a two dimensional view. How do I get it back? Thanks. ...

if you are modeling with NURBS how can you merge singe points of different curves together? ...

every time, i try to duplicate a polygon and scale it or translate it i get a "Just-in time debugging run-time error" and it asks me to choose what my debuggeer is that i want. Is there a w ...

The symmetry tools in XSI are nice, however, after watching a video demonstration and reading the docs over, it seems that the symmetry only functions on transformations of points\edges\faces. ...

Is there a way to tell tagged or selective points to all snap to a specified cordinate? Much like SI3D's edit>cordinate but on many cordinates at once. ...

I'm modelling a very detailed "Mary Rose" at the moment, but i'm having problems with the rigging, is there a method similar to that in Max, where I can draw a spline curve and render it ...

Hello I'm still searching some TUTORIALS or any kind of help to create a very nice NEBULA or DUSTY SPACE CLOUDS in particles thank you very much ... ...

Can I "tesselate" an object so that it has only equally sized polygons? (kind of like a linear subdivision) I want the whole object to have the same mesh density all over. ...

Does MAX somehow store more information about normals than you can see in properties? ...

Hi I cant find the repeat object function in 3dsmax 8 Anyone can give me a hint? I don't like to build 32 objects manually :/ ...

Is there a blob mesh modeler that will let ya use custom mesh's as blob / clay object? ...

I have created a flat surface how do I add thikness to it in XSI? In 3ds max there is this modifire called Shell that can do it. I need the same effect. ...

Hello everyone In max 6 how do I loop select a group of polys? And also if possible how do I clone an object made of polys along a spline ...

Hi I'm trying to clone my object so that the clone rotates around a given point. How can I do it? Right now I'm trying to move the pivot to the correct place, but when I start rotating It moves back. ...

Hi Is it possible to align an object to a polygon in xsi? If yes how? ...

How do I make uniform bevels in xsi? When I bevel my object it's always unsymmetrical to the edge I'm beveling. :( ...

Hey everyone! How do I cut through paralel edge loops ( edge rings ) so that I obtain an edge loop? thanks ...

In 3ds max when I make an instance copy of an object, if I modify it I also modify the original object. How can I do the same thing in xsi? I've tried to duplicate as instances and I can't edit the i ...

Hi. So I'm creating several clusters then group them. Then I set the properties of the group so that it hides the members, and the clusters are still visible What is the problem? ...