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by thecook
08 Jan 2015, 21:24
Forum: Plugins
Topic: Select Poly by Angle
Replies: 6
Views: 2738

Re: Select Poly by Angle

i discovered this kind of tool in maya and thought they were quite fun to play with.
but that's pretty much it.
by thecook
07 Jan 2015, 11:09
Forum: Programming
Topic: Offset Key
Replies: 8
Views: 2419

Re: Offset Key

guys, i probably did not explain this properly.
this is what i'm talking.

i know how to offset fcurves manually.
and now this script applies it on my 1500 animated objects.

i use this alot for MoGraph an stuff.
by thecook
06 Jan 2015, 00:16
Forum: Programming
Topic: Offset Key
Replies: 8
Views: 2419

Re: Offset Key

Is there a specific reason why you don't want to use a similar method to the one caffeinabuse describes? cause i do have fcurves already on all objects. now i need to offset them. and this is the script that does it: http://www.xsiforum.de/thread.php?threadid=7926&hilight=animation+offset i thi...
by thecook
05 Jan 2015, 20:17
Forum: Programming
Topic: Offset Key
Replies: 8
Views: 2419

Re: Offset Key

hey guys finding this script, i wonder if there is some other scripts where i can give an individual offset on each selected object. eg, obj_1 starts frame 1 obj_2 starts frame 10 obj_3 starts frame 20 ... for a start i found this on the as usual brilliant caffein abuse: http://caffeineabuse.blogspo...
by thecook
16 Dec 2014, 00:38
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

Re: maya questions

that's called an Edge Ring and in this particular case, because all the edges are sharing a vertex (so it's more of an edge fan) maya doesn't recognize it as an edge ring. Normally you'd just rectangle-select around the shared vertex (in edge mode) and it will select all the edges. btw, thnx for th...
by thecook
12 Dec 2014, 16:17
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

Re: maya questions

thats exactly what i was looking for. quiet a workflow though. but it works. thanks! I'm not sure if this works for you, but do surface->planar with the output type set to Polygons. then in the attribute editor, go in the nurbsTessellate tab and pick Polygon Type to Quad,Format to General, turn the ...
by thecook
10 Dec 2014, 13:18
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

Re: maya questions

thank you guys for all the infos so far! next question. to create a flat polygon surface from a closed curve. i know the maya surface > planar tool. but anything that get me a result without any tesselation? e.g. the surface > bevel plus tool does the job (uncheck bevel, output geometry polygons ). ...
by thecook
10 Dec 2014, 10:19
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Status of monophyl and other Softimage blogs
Replies: 20
Views: 8863

Re: Status of monophyl and other Softimage blogs

two legends from the old days, but yet still running strong :)

http://www.edharriss.com
http://www.sukio.de

Newcomer (<20 posts) alert: please use the URL tags - HB
by thecook
28 Nov 2014, 13:29
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Status of monophyl and other Softimage blogs
Replies: 20
Views: 8863

Status of monophyl and other Softimage blogs

what happend to the Monophyl blog?
would love the have a read at this...

[rr] changed the title of thread because of FXDude's nice blog list
by thecook
21 Nov 2014, 09:41
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

Re: maya questions / deform by curve

anyone still using this? smartTwoRailDeform http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/smarttworaildeform hoping to get better results with this, than with the motion path / flow path ffds curve twist lattice tool. just have no clue how to proceed... unbelievable how little i worshiped softimage' defo...
by thecook
20 Nov 2014, 09:31
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

maya questions / deform by curve

unbelievable how little i worshiped softimage' deform by curve tool over the last 10 years...
i should have build a shrine for this tool.

but now in maya i have this motion-path-flow-path-objects-twist-party-and-dealing-with-2-lattices-ffds-fun-tool...
by thecook
27 Oct 2014, 10:05
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

Re: maya questions / edge loop

alright, simple questions.
in soft this would be treated as an edge loop.
something in the selection tools settings i miss here?
by thecook
24 Oct 2014, 11:43
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

Re: maya questions

appreciate your information.
thank you.
by thecook
23 Oct 2014, 23:28
Forum: Maya
Topic: maya questions
Replies: 14
Views: 3425

maya questions

which you guys think is the best maya forum to ask all the newbie questions?
and which ya'll think is the sweetest resource page for all the essential tools and plugins, like our precious the rray.de?
and whats the hotkey for the ICE editor?
by thecook
10 Dec 2013, 23:16
Forum: Animation
Topic: make roll automatically ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2862

Re: make roll automatically ?

very sweet!! but why is non of that material on rray.de ? Hello Here is another one based on kine only, very convenient ! taken from... (i don't remember) crédits to Sajjad Amjad Create a simulated ice tree on your geometry with this compound plugged in, just input an animated null position in to dr...
by thecook
10 Dec 2012, 15:48
Forum: Animation
Topic: Record movements
Replies: 24
Views: 12084

Re: Record movements

iamVFX wrote:Is there a way to press a button to record your actions with selected objects in a specific frame rate?
Animate > Choose Tools > Devices > Start Capture
No?