The 3D Type tool supports all True Type fonts, bevelling, extruding and all animations.
This has been added to 3ds Max earlier on but has been more challenging to build into Maya.Īlso for motion designers is another tool borrowed from 3ds Max – 3D type, which has been difficult to achieve until now. Users can now bring scalable vector graphics, SVG files, into Maya to work on them, a useful update for motion graphics artists. It is suitable for games asset work, producing geometry suitable for in-game use through its interactive grooming functionality on instances, 13 new brushes and non-destructive sculpt layers. XGen has been effective as a geometry instancing tool but now is also a hair grooming tool, having been improved enough to overcome its earlier clumsiness with hair. These updates were made to make UV workflows simpler and less tedious for unwrapping and texturing. Consequently, UV editing now includes a Symmetrize UVs tool, plus auto seams for UV shells. A new consolidated mirror tool has been added and includes the UV workflows. Symmetrical modelling in particular has required a lot of refinement but now works with many tools such as slide edge, vertex normal editor, bridge and multi-cut and connect. General polygon modelling fixes are numerous and continue a long series begun in 2014. In Extension 2 many transform and pivot fixes were included among the modelling fixes such as matching pivots or baking pivot orientation and position, and options for combining a mesh with pivots. Maya’s UI now supports the new high-resolution screens as well, up to 4K. It will also remember your placement upon re-opening, and not go back to the default configuration. You can change it to suit your working style, or to serve the type of job you are working on - animation, modelling, FX and so on. The updated workspace has become very customisable with tear-off panels. It displays Playblast previews and uses metadata for searching. Maya 2016 has a new content browser, replacing the Maya visor. This article outlines some of the most important ones, as a review before the end of the year. Some were announced at IBC, when Extension 2 was release for Maya, but both applications received important changes to their software for 2017.
Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max Push Ahead to 2017 for 3D ArtistsĪutodesk Maya and 3ds Max have undergone many changes and updates over the past year since the announcements at NAB.
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