prototype of freeform blend in Maya, I love the idea in Alias where you can adjust the tension and couverture of edge loops. Try to create something similar, this is the first prototype still a long way to go, but interesting. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf41oWMs1O0
I saw a few posts about ZhCG PolyTools starting falling apart in Maya 2022 as compatibility to python 3, I release a tool for even edge loop that I made.
https://im3djoe.gumroad.com/l/edgeLoopEven
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYXYYSEoeKg
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Spend few hours today to do another test with speedCut/rapidStamp/rapidPlace.
I am really happy that I found few more bugs of the tools.
Maya needs some bevel upgrade. Spending almost 1/3 of time just try to get a better result from bevel is not a good thing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXfkk1hadQg
I am releasing a Beta version,
I love more input from any other modeller,
it's a tricky thing to do because it is very related to the shape and topology.
gumroad
https://im3djoe.gumroad.com/l/cornerKiller
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0cIY1bIUUg
I added a new arc mode which I use sometimes. It will take two points,
around 1/3 and 2/3 of the edge loop, and create a smoother curve.
Average mode - will keep the same shape,
Arc mode - smooth shape
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUA2_JbLyzo
After a decade I am still looking for a better and faster way to reverse flipped normal.
Especially dealing with some dirty CAD models imported to Maya.
The algorithm fixed most of the cases, but still not perfect,
also something Maya freeze for an unknown reason still needs to be debugged.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rJxHs0zyoA
rapidPlace 2.1
batch export - support multi mesh export, both single mesh or group
folder create - create new folder in UI
remove icon - remove unwant model
swing mode - for hunging objects with random swing angle
stack mode - for stack up objects as normal mode item do not stack up for better performace.
however sometime you will like to stack things up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QFh52BM2eo
Maya Sequencer is actually useful for all layouts for modelling tasks.
with some UI improvement, I am able to switch between multi-cameras, load animation range,
adjust image plane, ....etc.
I made this tool when I was doing layouts set dressing or models that required matching in multi-camera angle.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC3_XmJQHos
open Maya Hypershade can be very slow sometimes,
so I made a much lighter version that I can use to quickly assign shaders.
click an icon to assign shader, or click name to open shader attribute.
download here
https://im3djoe.gumroad.com/l/QShade
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j5lyz-nbDs