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#1

hi all i reallly hope someone can take 5mins to do a quick tut for me(complete newbie learning as i go along) i have tried lookin around for this but cannot find it

i have a wip model i have been working on all week in maya2008 pic below this part confusing me even more.

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what have i missed or done.
thought i was doing so well making this model know it seems i have made a right cock up.
basically i wanted to make the model in maya 2008 then transfer it over to zbrush for sculpting and painting then render in zbrush,or am i wrong in what im thinking.please be nice lol and help me finish this model,its my first proper one.thank you in advance

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#2

Unify your normals.
In Maya hit unify normals then hard edge them.
Export as Obj with ALL of the features turned off.
Should be fine.

Oops, looks like you haven’t welded the verts properly, so just take the above advice as an afterthought. The error that ZB is giving you means that your geometry is not completely solid.

#3

“Oops, looks like you haven’t welded the verts properly, so just take the above advice as an afterthought. The error that ZB is giving you means that your geometry is not completely solid.”

not quite sure what you mean abot the above does that mean i got a leak somewhere!! what the the best way to check? cheers

#4

Go into polygon properties in Maya and increase your edge thickness for borders. It will give you a visual guide as to where your verts aren’t connected. Also you can find Mel Scripts to tell you where you have Ngons and bad geometry. ZBrush likes quads and Quads make a better Sculpting meshes with predictable results.

#5

o cheers but where is this? “Go into polygon properties in Maya and increase your edge thickness for borders”

never knew about that bit im using 2008 version once i find it i will let you know if it works

i think i found it couple of areas are bolder in colour than others i will have look and see whats up hopefully i can fix it.

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where can i get this scripts from might come in handy?