Meshtools for maya?

[mushroomgod]

maya has a split poly tool already, not sure what turns and collapses are, if you give a more detailed discription of what thay do i might be able to tell you if maya has them, or if theres a script/plug.

[ME3D]

Check www.alias.com
www.highend3d.com for several poly tools.
Also on highend 3d is a polytools set. Similar to all you miss with meshtools. I missed them at first as well. If you cant find post back and I'll find the links or email the mels to ya.

[mushroomgod]

thanks ME3D, never knew about these, top stuff

[jason_watkins]

Perhaps it's just the couple o beers but I can't seem to find anything matching polytools on highend3d.com

Thanks for letting me know there's something out there tho.

:beer:

[FBMachine]

Check the Maya/scripts/polygonal section at highend3d, I think there is some usefull stuff there.
Dan

[Mikkel Jans]

Maya is the best polygon modeller out there if you ask me.
You just have to understand it and it gets very fast working with.
Download polytools and the Game Plugin at www.aliaswavefront.com. They give you about 20 new polygon tools.
Then search for the XUMI script at highend3d.com. It contains some very usefull polygon tools like Split Loop, Extrude Vertex and Extrude along Curve.
Understand the Split polygon tool. It can do more then you think and is very fast working with.

[jason_watkins]

Jens: thanks, great pointers, looking for the stuff

yeah, I'm sure most of my frustration is due to not knowing maya's approach. hopefully these scripts will help build a bridge for me between how I'm used to doing things and how maya thinks.

thanks, I appreciate everyone's help.:bounce:

[ME3D]

Glad you guys found the links....Sorry to only give half the information there. I only had a few minutes to confirm their existance the other day. And I dont know about you guys but I never am quite sure where I've been though on highen3d from day to day. Its a great resource.......
Gotta see Spidey now........Later

[DrAdamDinosaur]

Hey guys, sorry but i couldn't find hte polytools plugin on the A|W site. Could someone please pose hte url leading there. Thanks.

[Radnor]

Navigating around the Alias|Wavefront web site can be annoying sometimes. =)

Here's the link to the plug-ins page for Maya: Maya Plug-Ins (http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Tmpl/Maya/html/index.jhtml?page=/en/Community/Download/plug_ins/plug_ins_m.html&style=normal)

[DrAdamDinosaur]

Thanks alot Randor, you've been a big help.

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