How to Quickly Model a Wire/Cable using Maya 2018

[@threedots1515]

every time. I'm coming back to this video every time.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you for watching!

[@robertban871]

same, it seems the step i always forget is to select the polygon faces instead of the object itself. normally i just extrude a plane from object mode, but here that doesnt seem to work

[@aussieraver7182]

Hopefully this helps someone else, but at 3:55, if you can't seem to be able to snap the vertex to the curve, just make sure that you hold C then Middle Mouse Button DIRECTLY ON THE CURVE.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you for the description and tip! I love when the community helps each other out. :)

[@flaser4099]

I still can’t get it to work :/

[@aussieraver7182]

@@flaser4099 To make things simpler, isolate view both the curve and the cylindrical plane. You can do this by shift selecting both items then hit "CTRL+1". Now give it a go again. I noticed that sometimes it doesnt work too, I think theres something wrong with the program.

[@swaniwatb1486]

thanks

[@rincasifutsume]

oh my god thank so you much

[@blobfish2]

For anyone else who discovers the problem of the extruding not following the curve, with the menu simply popping up with the normal extrude options: you might be in the object mode. Try selecting the curve, then right click (on the poly object) and chose component mode face, shift-select the right face and then extrude

[@lostlange]

thank you !!

[@ahxun7255]

Thank you so much ! 😄

[@pepitochan2914]

your comment saved me tysm !!!!

[@monz_3d730]

thank you so much for this tips !

[@lukad_0533]

ty you save me hahhahaha

[@hotcrossandnobuns1850]

This is honestly fantastic. I've been a 3D artist for 5 years and finally made the jump from Max to Maya. Your tutorials are really helping through the process. Just wanted to say a huge thank you (:

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Awesome! Transitioning from one software to another can be very challenging! I'm glad my tutorials helped, Jake. :)

[@nicolecampanha9392]

You saved me, thank you so much. And you're the first woman teaching Maya that I've ever seen, I loved it

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I'm so glad! Hopefully not the only one soon. :)

[@isaacjones9886]

im a first-year uni student doing games art and learning maya and ur tutorials really help with things i find difficult thank you

[@luichy_13]

Ajuda aí Isaac, não estou a conseguir o shift select ahahahah

[@harukunnn4092]

for those who still can't do it this: - select the curve and set it to control vertex - then click shift and click the center pivot (make sure the curve and the pivot are selected together) - drag it to the first vertex

[@Lillireify]

YAY you saved me from hours of skinning, I was able to quickly model a substitute! Thank you!

[@lordilhamgod4417]

This is the best free software Ive seen. Respect.

[@nolock]

You can also download maya bonus tools. And there the tab "maya bonus tools/modeling/curve to tube mesh

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I have to check that out! Thank you for sharing. :)

[@evengreven5515]

That curve tool is powerful af

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

agreed!

[@danpym3D]

Awesome tutorial! You could also use Curve Warp 😉 first create for example a cylinder add height divisions, then create the curve, after that you freeze transformations the cylinder, then shift select the curve then go to Deform> Curve Warp.

[@waywardwiz]

your voice is perfect for teaching, thank you very much I've learned a lot! awesome content!!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Pedro! I appreciate it and glad you are learning and enjoying the content :)

[@elisaperez5118]

you literally saved my career thank you so much

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Elisa! I'm glad I could help and my tutorials were helpful. :)

[@manny0102]

You just got a new subscriber!, honestly only KZbin that is easy to follow for newbies like me 😊 will watch the rest and like! Thank you!!x

[@Echo4eva1]

Awesome stuff! Currently trying to model a violin and this really helped me get the wires to look more realistic, thanks!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Violins are so graceful and hard to model. Great job doing something challenging! I'm glad to hear my tutorial helped you. :)

[@blackgrifon2336]

Thanks! I am not good at english but you explain very simply, that's really good.Thanks again.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pathikbiswasvisualart]

Lifesaving tutorial.Simple and easy to follow.

[@TanoshiPLAY]

Still helpful in 2022. Thank you!!

[@JdR2V]

This saves me so much trouble doing wires, thanks you so much! i really enjoy your videos :D

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed my videos! Comments like yours makes me want to continue. Thank you!

[@miniOwch]

most helpful video i have found so far. Thanks ! :)

[@anthonypreite8610]

i'm subscribed, Your content is clear and very helpful. That missing now on KZbin. I was blocked in my work and now is done ! Thank you !

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you Tony! I'm so glad to hear you like the content. Thank you for your support!

[@ShineyFX]

For some reason when I am on Face I cant shift select the curve

[@d.n1088]

OMG!!!! Thanks!!!!! :D You saved a life!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're welcome!

[@chrismiranda8370]

U got 1 more subscriber lol. Thank you!, I was on that issue for about 30mins like what is it that is not being doing correctly lol.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Chris! I'm glad it worked, and I appreciate the support! :)

[@TheRealArtDoctor]

thank you, these videos always save my life

[@냥냥젤리-z1v]

omg.. That's the video I was looking for! thankyou ㅠㅠ !!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Yey! Glad you found it!

[@sabrinak.8386]

This is a great video for me. I've been doing the long way the whole time! This video just saved me.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I'm so happy it helped! I try to create tutorials that I wish I'd known when I was learning. By the way, if you want to get pre-released content, updates on workshops, free models, and more, please sign up for my newsletter. www.academicphoenixplus.com/

[@TheLillianYoung]

I use a a script for this but I do like your tutorials, and subscribed on your site.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Can you share the script? I think it would help everyone!

[@火焰十字交叉斩]

This is a very traditional solution

[@alinalevytska3272]

Thank you for a great tutorial! It worked perfectly when i was snapping ”wire” to curve that I drew. But once I wanted to create the wire along circle, not curve, it worked partly. Most of the circle turned into wire, with the exception of one part....

[@princepjohnson]

You're awesome ! You inspire me to learn this stuff more and make it more fun to do so. Excellent work.

[@eddiet5946]

That was cool maybe if you have the time you would be able to show how to use the sweep tool on more complex designed geomotry

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll look into it :)

[@gavski666]

Thanks so much. Simple and to the point. Bravo 👏 👏

[@kalilambre9742]

Thank you a lot, I've watched severals of your videos and it's always super helpful !

[@artbybruno1734]

Thank you Monica! You are AWESOME!!

[@RaghavSharma-hi8wk]

it was so cute being taught by you!! you just earned a subscriber

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks for subbing!

[@Gaming_with_Ghosts]

Thank you for making this video it really helped me

[@harshparihar9679]

thanks this was simple to understand cool to learn

[@emrahoz07]

Thank you . I follow from Istanbul. I'm waiting for your lessons

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Istanbul? So cool! Thank you for your comment, Emrah! I try to release a video every week, so keep an eye out for more! :)

[@emeraudebenina3485]

I always go back to this videos but it doesn’t work anymore 😩 I can’t manage to make the polygon extrude on the curve, it’s been months and I still can’t find a way

[@keithyakouboff8755]

Thank you Ms. Academic. I never knew pressing "c" would lock something to a curve. I was only aware of "x" and "v". I wonder how many other letters work in a similar fashion within Maya :D. I also did not know you could extrude a polygonal face along a curve. I keep trying to extrude NURBS circles along curves, and it's always a frick'n battle trying to make that work. This was so simple yet so helpful.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks so much, Keith! It's really helpful. C = curve, x = maya grid, v = vertex. so you just have to play around and see what works. :) Thank you for your comment!

[@keithyakouboff8755]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus Thank you for your work on our behalf.

[@chrisjhart]

Top tier tutorials right here. Thanks very much for taking the time and effort to teach people for free :)

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Hogscraper]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome, Hogscraper! I'm glad you found it useful! :)

[@wheeler6768]

This is actually so useful, thank you

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad you think so! 💖

[@sillyninja65]

modelling increased to 100

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Nice!

[@sahirjutt]

thanks a lot mam! I was anxious for animating but when you tell the plus point that we may able to manipulate after the divisions .. thanks a lot

[@annaarty4656]

Thank you very much 🤗😄 awesome stuff!

[@momenwaleed8001]

Thanks for that tip , it is really helpful

[@pleasureelf60]

Thank you! You explained this so well that even I could follow along (I'm usually terrible at that).

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

So happy to hear that Nanna! I really appreciate it. :)

[@sephirothsbigasssword9887]

Ugh her mind an absolute queen of Maya purrr✨💅❤️🌈💕💕💕

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

💕💕

[@leonidborodkin3127]

Amazing lessons and lovely voice! Thank you so much!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are too king, Leonid! Thank you for your support!

[@TheSashaShoww]

Such a great video! Thank you

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are so welcome! Glad you liked it!

[@adilkhatri3388]

Hey! Thanks so much for this video!

[@miroslavkraus1242]

thx much, i was looking exactly for this

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Awesome! Glad it helped. :)

[@judylin148]

Great tutorial! You are truly an awesome animator!

[@Touchgrassplz]

thank you fro the concise tutorial, appreciate the plus side too!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you Abdul! I'm not sure if the Plus side helps, but it's a fun addition. :)

[@julietaruiz9056]

this was so helpful thank u so much!!!!

[@akashsuryawanshi5616]

thank you so much for this video. it really helped me.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it helped! Thank you for watching :)

[@JoDeluk]

I was looking at a way to create nerves roots in the human body where pain is radiating form one end to the other, and I think I can use this technique for the modelling part. Question I have though, is how would I simulate the radiating pain ? How would you do it ?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi Jo, thank you for the comment! I think this tutorial would also help you create veins. It’s a tutorial on creating vines, so it would be similar to veins. :). kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJrahqGceLmUjLM As for radiating pain, I would make it glow red/yellow rapidly, so it looks like pain flares. If pain is running down the leg, I would make the pulsing color slide down the leg. What about you? What did you do?

[@RenauDesign]

Thank you for your video, exactly what i was looking for :)

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Awesome! Glad it was helpful. :)

[@silverkingdomdude]

hmm, clicking see and middle mouse doesn't seem to let it clip to my curve, is this a new version issue or is something just up with my method?

[@belle7733]

Same, when I extrude the faces it doesn’t extrude along the curve, i used to work with this method some time ago and it worked perfectly but it doesn’t work anymore

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi Silver, Yes, this is one of the challenging parts. You have to hold down 'c', then middle mouse click and drag. so don't let go of the click (click and drag). It's a great shortcut... when it works. Hope that helps!

[@doodlejordie7176]

This was really helpful, Thankyou 🐦☺

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Doodle! :D

[@Bosko2k]

You are the best!

[@cub1926]

Thanks it was really helpful

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it helped! 😄

[@LombaxOttsel]

This doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm having trouble snapping the geometry to the wire, but when extruding, it is not cleanly attaching to the other end of the curve. It also makes a very weird shape when trying to insert more edge loops.

[@helumi7724]

Great mayaye hena negn

[@naumanhaider80]

that is helpful thanks for this tutorial

[@raajprithvivasu]

useful thank you monica

[@knowledge3D770]

its really helpful Thanks For Such A Good Tutorial (Y)

[@poissondesctasy1783]

really good tutorials

[@sahajsopyarecipies1270]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻👌👌👌👸🏻👸🏻

[@maxwellwilliams2508]

I know this is an old video, but it's my holy grail and every year or so i come back to remind myself how to do this. My only issue now is that, after years of using this with no issue, i've recently upgraded to maya 2022 and come upon a new issue... When extruding, both ends of the curve connect themselves for some reason. I've tried a few things to fix this and nothing has stopped it, I can delete the parts that have connected but they still cause issues and the ends throw tantrums later along the track. Has anyone else had this issue or have any idea what's causing it/how to fix it?

[@lego1168]

When I select the grey face it also selects the black face, do you know how to get it not to do that?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

The black face is the opposite side of the grey face. It's the same face, except the normal is pointing on one direction. If you select a face, and the other side is selected, it's the same face. I hope that makes sense!

[@mohamedraouf5514]

nicely done as usual

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nickd6468]

Awesome vids :) great tutor!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you!!

[@jameskay3119]

Your videos and tutorials are so helpful and perfect for quick learning lessons. I am wondering though could you do he same thing with a circular plane instead of deleting all those faces off of a cylinder? Also, can/should you delete the curb from the cylinder or would that mess up the mesh?

[@zulfikarali8392]

Very helpful ❤

[@Katia-dh8hc]

Thank you, very good instruction, it worked for me, I am recreating the scene from Back to the Future when Doc to catch the lightning, so I use this tutorial to create that cable which was used to catch the lightening

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

That sounds really cool! Good luck in your scene Katia

[@andriicgi]

Thank you so much! It's helps a lot!

[@nadinegovers7857]

Hi, great tutorial! Although I am doing something wrong. After I've selected the face and the curve and try to extrude it, the face doesn't automatically snap to the other end of the curve. When I extrude it it just extends in a straight line and doesn't follow the curve, any idea what I am doing wrong? It's really frustrating because I feel like I'm following every step haha.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

It could be that the beginning of the curve is reverse. Try selecting the curve>Reverse Direction (all the way at the bottom). Hopefully that fixes it!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Please see above. :)

[@nadinegovers7857]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus Thanks for the reply! I'm going to give it another go next week.

[@pearlkim8924]

I'm using Maya 2020 now, how I solved this problem: 1. select both of them in "object mode" 2. hold right-click on the circle plane and choose multi 3. select the face Hopefully that helps future people as well :D

[@MeguMegu1703]

@@pearlkim8924 I am very grateful because this is very helpful :')

[@karradivi]

This was of great help! Thanks a lot!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome Karr! Glad it worked out for you!

[@milagroswarnholtz2137]

U SAVED MEEEEEEE THANK YOUUUUUUU

[@fatimahlou9752]

Thankyouuuu you are saving me

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Yey! Glad it helped, Just! :)

[@krishnasrivastav8048]

Very helpful video mam

[@seaofaether]

I have Extrude not working.(ctrl+E) Only surface is created, not extrude along the line.(I have both selected) What option did you choose?

[@SoWhySoSirious]

Suuuuuper helpful. Thanks!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome. Thank you for watching!

[@Steffelus]

Very helpful, Thank you!

[@SaiArts2000]

🤩 Thank you

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You’re welcome 😊

[@cocobutterkid]

great vid thank you

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome, coco. I appreciate your comment!

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

AWESOME!!!! YOU ROCK

[@namluong9295]

Thank you. Madame!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're welcome 😊

[@ainaroca9396]

thank you, it was very usefull, But I have a little problem, once I've selcted the face , it doesn't allow me to select the curve, and if I do, the faces stop being selected. Does anyone know why does this happen?

[@ainaroca9396]

I solved it, so if someone has the same problem as me, here is the answer: if you select the faces with a click in modeling took kit i won't work, you have to select the faces with the right click of the mouse.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Great job troubleshooting! I had no idea that selecting faces with either the mouse or modeling tool kit would make a difference. Good to know. Thank you, Aina!

[@SandSpaghetti]

@@ainaroca9396 Finallyyyyyyy. Thank you so so much. I love you

[@calbanar]

THANK YOU! You just made my life so much easier! I was pulling my hair out wondering why it wasn't working!

[@Govi627]

This is so much easier in max, is this really the best way to do it in maya?

[@alejandro0116]

help, when I select the face then I can't select the path and the extrude don´t happend

[@kokosbaeuerin]

Thank you! :)

[@simgamedev6423]

Your tutorials are always clear and straight to the point!

[@DennoDev]

Awesome!

[@kamikamx]

muy bien, muchas gracias!!!

[@Jemmysponz1]

Thank you!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome Jemmysponz! I hope it was helpful!

[@sidarthshukla1158]

I am doing the same thing but it is supposed to create a straight line but instead of that it is creating a deformed surface and when i increase the divisions it creates the shape of curve and also a straight line connected to the ends of each other now i can simply select face from straight line and delete the faces of straight line but its not the right way, please tell me what I am doing wrong?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

It sounds like you have to reverse the direction of your curve (Curve>reverse direction), or move your geometry to the other end of the curve. That should fix it! I hope that helps. :)

[@sidarthshukla1158]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus got it... Thankuu