Maya Troubleshooting
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Overview
This page gathers links to all pages that cover troubleshooting in Maya.
General
- I lost parts of the Maya interface (such as toolbars, etc)
- What shortcuts are available
- Loading scenes that were created with a newer version of Maya
- I'm used to Maya 2010; What are the most important changes in 2011
- I'm used to Maya 2009; What are the most important changes in 2010
- I'm used to Maya 2008; What are the most important changes in 2009
- I'm used to Maya 7; What are the most important changes in 8.5/2008
Modeling
- Using Maya Snap modes
- When i try to select a vertex, surrounding vertices are also selected
- The move tool manipulators are rotated
- My move manipulators are gone
- My move tool moves in increments
- Common Problems when modeling with Polygons
- Common Problems when modeling with NURBS
Rendering
- Mental Ray isn't listed in my Render Settings
- Mental Ray doesn't render the Physical Sky
- My textures look all bleached/washed out in Mental Ray
- My Mental Ray render (using the Physical Sun and Sky) is too dark or too light
- My Mental Ray render (using Global Illumination/photons) is too dark or too light
- My Mental Ray render crashes with memory errors
- My NURBS model isn't rendered smoothly by Mental Ray
- Maya Vector isn't listed in my Render Settings
- My NURBS geometry isn't rendered smoothly using Vector rendering
- Not all edges are rendered in my Vector render
Texturing
- My gray-scale image for transparency/reflectivity/bump/etc doesn't seem to work (Rendering with Mental Ray)
- How can i modify an existing UV projection
- My textures show a very distinct repetitive pattern
