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nottoshabi
04-22-2009, 08:49 AM
Maya's fur looks like triangles in the render er. I tried messing around with the FurDescription attributes. Nothing seem to work to change the flat shape.
wilsonDeepBlue
04-22-2009, 04:32 PM
did u create a light for ur fur? and just link the fur and the light with Fur shadowing attributes -> add to selected light
nottoshabi
04-22-2009, 11:54 PM
Yes. Still triangles.
RDC
04-23-2009, 09:23 AM
Can you post a screen shot?
nottoshabi
04-23-2009, 08:19 PM
OK. In here you can see how the they look like paper triangles, flat.


http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu143/nottoshabi/Fur02.jpg
TheNeverman
04-23-2009, 08:53 PM
You need to adjust the "base width" and "tip width" values...
nottoshabi
04-24-2009, 08:31 AM
TheNeverman That only makes the triangles wider or skinnier.
RDC
04-24-2009, 09:25 AM
As far as I'm aware maya fur is always flat - I could be very wrong though as I'm not an expert in this area. The idea is to decrease the base width and increase the density. If you require the actual hair/fur to have a 3d depth, I would look into alternative solutions. You could possibly try paintFX or maybe even some sort of particle instancing - obviously your would loose a lot of control, especially when it comes to grooming.
nottoshabi
04-24-2009, 10:00 PM
RichardColey (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=191205)I know what you men about control. I remember fur in earlier versions of Maya being a lot easier and better to work with. I'm trying to get the fur from Rhino, in Bolt. I'm having problems making the fur look round instead of a flat paper triangle.
kAzIDamUI
04-26-2009, 01:20 AM
with fur, you will ever get the flat aspect because fur is flat... you can only simulate the real furry effect by using the global scale and increase (a lot) the density and maybe the length.
I hope you have a good computer ^^

for a real volume thing, I would say you should try particle instancing or maybe displacement + approx editor...

is it animated?
nottoshabi
04-27-2009, 09:16 PM
kAzIDamUI Yeah its going to move. My machine is pretty good so I would give what you a try. Thanks
kAzIDamUI
04-28-2009, 01:41 AM
driven by hair ?
Please show me your render, I'd like to see what you can get ^^
good luck
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