The 110th Tutorial! Creating Rope &Tubing In Maya

Just hit the 110th tutorial. Actually, this tutorial has been writen for a week. Had some computer problems that slowed down getting this tutorial done.
Hope you find it is helpful.
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http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=110

How To Quadrangulate Polygons

Here's how to fix polygons like this:


Select the polygon and go to Mesh>Triangulate. You have to convert it to triangles first

because Quadrangulate only works on triangles.

Now go to Mesh>Quadrangulate.



Now you should have a cleaner topology.

Note: It may leave some triangles, but most of the time they will be alright.

New Texturet! Carpet

A free low-res carpet texture.
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A simple low-res tree bark texture.
Download
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/Textures?Keyword=tree+bark

Maya fluid effects Smoke

This is a smoke simulation that I made for a tutorial. It looks good, so I'm posting it.

New Tutorial! How Shaders Work In Maya

This tutorial teaches you how materials work, and how to create materials in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=107
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New Tutorial! Maya File Formats

This tutorial covers the differences between Maya binary and Maya Ascii file formats, also, advantages and disadvantages of the two file formats.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=103
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