Mental Ray Approximation Editor by Todd Palamar
Subdivisions, Mental Ray’s approximation editor and displacement maps Elements: Polygon source mesh modeled with all quads, triangles, or a mixture of both Displacement map. Overview: Convert ...

Cloth Sheet by Todd Palamar
Introduction to the workings of Maya Cloth & Create a sheet and rest it on top of a bed. Elements Cloth sheet Polygon mattress Polygon Box spring Overview: In this example, we create a polygon ...

Soft Body Collisions by Todd Palamar
Create a dynamic collision between two objects, leaving a dent on one of the objects. Elements: NURBS Sphere Polygon mesh Duplicate polygon mesh Gravity Field Overview: In our first example ...

Shrink Wrap by Todd Palamar
Force one surface to fit around several other surfaces. Elements: NURBS or Polygon target objects Polygon source mesh Overview: In this example, we take a modeled polygon arm or “skin” and ...

Maya Subdivision Surfaces - Modeling a human head by Yiqun Chen
This tutorial discusses subdivision surfaces as they are implemented in Maya 4, where they can be used as a modeling, not just a finishing, tool. To build the head model found it helpful to model in two ...

Tennisball Modeling by Christer Bjørklund
This is a modeling tutorial using polygonal edgeloop-modeling and MJ Poly Tools to quickly achieve the look of a tennisball.

Adding Fur to the Tennisball by Christer Bjørklund
After writing the Tennisball Modeling tutorial I got requests on how to set up the fur to make it look more like a real tennisball. This is more of a Step by Step document on how I did it than a tutorial. ...

Twist Modeling by Christer Bjørklund
This tutorial goes through a modeling technique for making a twisted surface using polygonal modeling. It can be used for making the handle of a baseballbat, a screw and much more.

Braid Modeling by Christer Bjørklund
In this tutorial I go through a technique for modeling a simple braid. Some tools used are EP Curve, extruding along a path, converting from NURBS to polygons and more…

Soccer Ball Modeling by Christer Bjørklund
This tutorial shows you how to model a polygonal soccer ball for smoothing in Maya using it’s new Soccer Ball primitive and the geosphere script from highend3d.com.

Maya PFX for 3D Scenes - 2D Paint Effects for creating whole 3D Scenes by Yiqun Chen
Paint Effects ( PFX ) is a unique Maya feature. One of its main uses is letting users create 3D scenes in very little time when compared with traditional techiques. ...

Spiral Modeling by Christer Bjørklund
This tutorial goes through a quick and easy technique for achieving a spiral. Using Maya’s Curve tool to get the spiral you’ll do it in no time.

Modeling Kempston Pro Joystick using Autodesk Maya
In this tutorial you will learn how to model kempston pro joystick using polygons and NURBS. For a Reference image you can search in Google Images. Follow the steps as shown below....

Expressions to scale, rotate and spin by Aziz Khan
Hello every one!! And welcome to Maya expression tutorial, in this tutorial I will show you how to rotate, scale, and spin your objects thorough expressions using Maya, this tutorial is very handy to ...

Indian Hookah Pipe
Though not vey keen on pipes, you`d still want to know how do they make it. Don`t hesitate. Go for it. This might seem like an odd thing to find online and even its tutorial, but trust us-it has much ...

Table Cloth
Check out this tutorial overview and learn to make a simple,stylish table cloth. Yet another useful object. Both for beginners and skilled experts this guideline`s illustrations comply every demand. This ...

Table Vase and flowers
Find the answer to your question. How to make a table vase, preferably in Maya.Click here. Brought together with your own imagination, this is the best tutorial of so called ``the basics of 3D`` because ...