I came accross this great set of poly tools script for maya and max
the other night, im finding it pretty useful...
get it here:
http://www.maya3d.dk/MEL/MJPolyTools/MJPolyTools.htm
im still trying to down max 5, might wait for 5.1 tho. i find maya much faster for me tho. I got into max at maybe release 2 and maya at version 1. I used 3d studio 4 prolly in the early nineties at QCA tho, i dnt think for much tho except to drool ova the materials in the material editor, teehee. and maybe evel some text and basic anims
I'm still riding max 3.1, started with 3, and the only other package I've used is Milkshape, which is a great modeler in it's own right.
beatsta: When and which course didja do at QCA?
Chris Bowden
http://brain.gamekey.com/
quote:Originally posted by inglis
i started doing 3d on max4 then 5 came out a couple months later...
ive used maya/softimage and lightwave as well, knowing maya the most out of those 3- but have seemed to stayed with max even though
Just curious as to why you stuck with Max if you're faster and know more stuff with Maya? :)
because my course was in max so i was using it everyday. if i was to model a character with nurbs i would use maya, i also like its polygon tools- but now max5 has a good set of polytools itself.
i said i know maya the most out of maya/xsi/lightwave.
i could model quite fast in maya- but my overall knowledge of the program wasn't that deep- ill get back into maya later- but for now im still faster in max and i dont want to spend the time i have to create a demoreel learning areas of a program i know how to do in another.
i have done these courses so far (brain)
Tertiary
2001:
Diploma of Information Technology (Software Development) Gaming, QANTM.
1996:
Certificate IV in Multimedia, Queensland College of Art
1994:
Certificate in Arts (Visual Art and Design), Mount Gravatt College of TAFE
I did't finish the game dev course at qantm, payed my 3000 bucks for the first semester and came back for a month for the second but got sick or rocking up to find that there was no lecturer or no class after spending an hour travelling to get there. ;)
was that the class that walked out and got a refund for their course?
: lachlan inglis
http://effectism.com/sample/
2001, eh? Same intake as me, I figure. Can understand why ya didn't come back. There a chance I know you? *curious look*
Chris Bowden
http://brain.gamekey.com/
i wasn't in the course-
i just heard about it from someone who was one of the many who left.
: lachlan inglis
http://effectism.com/sample/
great set of tools...
never heard of these ones, just MeshTools.
thanks for the post.