Digital Futures Workshop Series
Pratt Institute
School of Undergraduate Architecture
2009.09.28
Maya SubD Workshop I
Overview -
-Differences between Meshes and Nurbs
-What subD’s are and why we use them
-SubD surface Workflow(s)
Modeling in Maya –
-Maya Basics
Configuring Interface and settings
Navigating in Maya
Icons, Drop down menu, hotbox, shortcut keys
Tool Locations
-Polygon mesh modeling
Mesh primitive creation
Mesh editing & modifiers
-SubD modeling
SubD primitive creation
Converting meshes to subD
SubD editing & modifiers
Mesh modeling in Rhino3D & Grasshopper-
-Rhino Mesh Basics
Configuring settings
Mesh primitives
Meshes from surfaces
Mesh editing and modifiers
Mesh mapping and deformers
-Meshes in grasshopper
Translate a component into grasshopper
Mapping a parametric mesh component to a surface.
Applying Data from an Image
-Preparing for Export
Unifying mesh normals
Joining meshes and Welding
Export selected as .OBJ
Importing Files into Maya-
Importing .OBJ files
Troubleshooting Geometry
Exporting for rendering/3D printing
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