Maya 2014 tutorial : How to model a glass top table

#3DModeling #3DAnimation
In this short tutorial I will show you how to model and render a wooden table with a glass top.

[@swetapatra]

without a second thought, you are the best in explaining, no matter how simple or complex a tutorial is. thanks Mike, i have hardly seen a maya tut with more clarity than yours. :)

[@MHTutorials3D]

Ps Thank you so much :-) You have just made my day !

[@jozf8163]

Thank you for making a tutorial that actually explains GLASS!!

[@MHTutorials3D]

You are very welcome Mo :-)

[@dhrashtigandhi1079]

you have the best maya tutorials! super easy to follow along and great explanation too! keep it up :)

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thank you !

[@__Linn]

Thank you so much for this. Really helpful with very clear instructions.

[@MHTutorials3D]

You are very welcome Tenkuru Mike

[@mscreations5905]

hey hi mike .... your tutorials really jus great u explain everything they way the viewers understand...keep doing wat u ar doing :)

[@fauziahhalim698]

Great tutorial.

[@SPY-tr8nf]

its all about the lights :-)

[@sirflimflam]

You made this video quite some time ago but I am curious -- is there a reason why you didn't just snap the newly created cube's vertices to the grid, preferring instead to fiddle with the pivot point and scale until you eyeballed it to the grid?

[@MHTutorials3D]

+sirflimflam No reason actually

[@MrTej1992]

I'm not getting the glass effect option in preset..im using maya 13

[@MHTutorials3D]

+tejas nyal Did you render out the scene in Mental Ray as shown in the tutorial ?

[@MrTej1992]

+Mike Hermes yes done..ur superb..!! can u tell me which material attri i should use to give metal effect? like in chairs, i want to give the supports a metal effect and after selecting the material what all changes should i do?? the second problem im facing is that, when i was giving ply effects unfortunately all surround background also got that effect..i swear i did not select the surrounding..how to get it back to normal.i tried a lot... plzz do help me with this two problems..

[@MHTutorials3D]

For metal you can use the MIA-Material_x as well. Use preset chrome and then tweak the attributes to make it more or less reflective. As for the surround it could be that you have all objects combined. When you change the material on one, all change