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An advanced 3D graphics program, used to create 3D animations and content for games, movies, and other media.

Autodesk Maya is an advanced 3D graphics program, used to create 3D animations and content for games, movies, and other media.

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Can I use git to version control psd files and maya projects?

I've had great success with git, version controlling, sharing and collaborating on my programming projects, and would love to do the same with photoshop .psds, illustrator .ais and maya projects. Maya, as you may know, is a brilliant 3D modelling…
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MayaBench (rendering) only using 25% CPU; Other software uses 100%

I have a Intel 2600K 3.4Ghz OC @ 4.8Ghz ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 Mobo 16GB 1600mhz DDR3 memory. When I run MayaBench for rendering, I get this weird bumpy pattern. while other software (such as the Intel Burn Test) are fully capable of putting "the…
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Maya - rendering without having to select a view first

Maya is a fantastic software, but has one annoying thing: you always have to select a view when you want to render the current frame. Is there a way to make one view permanent for rendering, so every time I select Render > Render Current Frame it…
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Why does maya randomly turn my image plane into a blank rectangle?

I am learning Maya. I could use some help understanding why this keeps happening. The image plane goes from THIS: to THIS: Randomly. Then I have to reopen my scene to get the image to show up but in about a minute it goes back to being blank. Am…
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Autodesk maya is giving slow responce

My Maya for working ok. but yesterday i deleted maya document file on documents folder. Now iam very slow response from maya like high ping on a game. Please help me
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AutoHotkey remapping for Autodesk Maya navigation

I'm trying to remap existing navigation controls for panning 3D view in Maya. Since Maya doesn't allow any changes to its navigation I want to try to do that with AutoHotKey. By default to pan a view it's Alt+MMB. I want to map it to…
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"Fatal Error attempting to save" in Maya 2009

I am facing a problem when I start Maya 2009. I am getting Fatal Error attempting to save in c:\users\xxxxx\appdata\locals\xxxxx.2010.. I tried reinstalling Maya many times, but it didn't help.
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how to increase RAM allocation for Maya in Mac OSX

Having a bitmap displayed as a blueprint and doing poly modeling gets slow in Maya 2010. Any options to feed it more RAM? Any performance tips?
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Maya connecting two edges

Using Maya right now I can't find a good way to fix this. I want to make a new face here, to repalce the missing face. how can I make an edge between the selected edges?
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Maya is very slow when working in polygon surfaces mode

I have a fairly powerful system (2.8Ghz Intel Pentium Dual Core, eVGA 8800 GTS Superclocked, 2GB DDR2 Crucial RAM) but when i turn on the mode to render polygons as flat surfaces (by pressing 5) in Maya 8.5 Personal Learning Edition it slows down to…
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Dot Net Framework 3.5 installation Error

I am trying to install Dot Net Framework 3.5 in Windows 8, i had also tried the solutions given on the web using the command(offline) as well as online downloading and installing it but can't install it My OS is Windows 8(64-bit) and i want to…
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How to export 3DS files from Maya?

How can I export a mesh and textures to 3DS format from Maya 2011?
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Maya turns screen brightness to max every time I press or hold spacebar

The system is Windows 10, and Maya version is 2022. Whenever I press spacebar to switch to 4-view, it briefly turns the screen brightness to max. It returns to normal after I release spacebar. (sorry for the lack of screenshots. SuperUser is not…
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Maya Viewport Blackscreen

I'm having a problem, suddenly viewport 2 on Maya often goes black. when viewport 2 in Maya turns black, cannot perform rotate, select objects, etc. viewport black 1 viewport black 2 I've tried to fix it, such as: Reset Maya prefs Try different…
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3D Model .fbx to .gftl conversion

I am unable to convert my 3D object file, created on 3d max, into gftl format? Actually, while trying to convert, the material of the .fbx or .obj files is not reflected in the .gftl format?
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