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Creating curves

Creating curves - Maya Tutorial

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Creating curves

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- [Instructor] Maya has the ability to create several different types of curves, and these can be used for a number of different purposes. You can use them to model, animate, do visual effects and so on. So let's take a look at some of the curves that are available in Maya, and how to create and modify them. So we create curves by going to create, and then we have curve tools. Now I'm going to tear this menu off, and you'll see we have a couple of different tools. So let's start off with the CV curve tool. Now this creates what's called a nerves curve, and it needs a minimum of four points to define the curve. So let me show you what I mean. So I'm going to go ahead and select this tool, and my cursor changes. And so I'm going to lay down that first point, lay down a second point. Now notice how this has like the letter U on it, and that just indicates the direction of the curve. And so I'm going to go ahead, and lay down another point. And when I lay down that fourth point, that's…

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