speedCut v1.01 - maya Boolean tool Introduction 

gumroad.com/l/speedCut

Robert Waterworth :) it’s shame to see how other software improved, Maya is not really focus on hard surface modeling tool. SpeedCut will hit the limit unless maya can improve the core features of Boolean!

@@Im3dJoe I have been using Maya since the beginning, I started way back in the 1990s when it ran on SGI UNIX. It has survived this long, I'm sure it will keep on growing.

@@1Robertwaterworth I agree with you. I started with Maya first version. I love it

Akaikami thanks sooo much, if you have more idea to improve workflow please let me know, cheers :)

DIVANI AMARO haha, I been waiting too long for Autodesk to upgrade more modeling tool. That’s why I start creating tool myself :)

Synodic CG show me any art you made out this tool :)

@@Im3dJoe Haha will do. Finally got the hang of it after 30 or so minutes, it works so well with my other scripts. Love it! Amazing work!

thank you :)

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vzlzWbt5B-0.html check this video. again if you are looking for nice topology and sub-d friendly mesh, this is not the tool for that type of staff :) it's for focus on design then production ready mesh.

Burak Şen thanks :)

Bhaskar Maity :)

vfxforge thanks, I am working on it , it’s very difficult as maya bevel is not so smart, that is why there is a preview bevel button at moment. I got some idea, but still need to try..

@@Im3dJoe I wish you luck! you could fake it by figuring out the intersection edges and extruding a cross through it.

vfxforge the edge can be founded with hard edge selection in most of case, its more about maya bevel can’t handle when there are very big and very small faces exist in same mesh.

Yuzrass hi Yuzrass, I am not 100% your question , are you able to show me a snapshot about the problem, the tool is based on the maya default Boolean operation.

@@Im3dJoe I sort of figured it out on how to make the panel line that I wanted but its just a little longer process. Hardmesh plugin have that feature. You can see in their demo vid here at 0.53 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qwgCFnYfZzo.html

Another example is this vid at 9.34 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R4-2m837A8k.html

@@Im3dJoe Here is my workaround vid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HaSKJiybbHQ.html

I don't have a super graphic card, it's 1070, few years old now, it can become slow when there are a lots of cuts, try to bake the cut, it should help a bit, unfortunately this is the weak area of Maya at moment, so maybe splits your mean into smaller section.

shell me the wireframes is just same as how normal Boolean operation in maya, depend on what is your end product, you may need to clean topology after you are happy with design!

klo works thanks, there are few command required maya api, otherwise mel script can do most of functions.

rodrigo maldonado Did you copy and pasted the script direct into script editor python tab? Or try this way, go to script Editor, under File>Open, select speedCut1.py , then run the script

thank you!! love to hear any suggestion and make it better :)

@@Im3dJoe well I like the name. Names = branding and recognition. I actually liked what I saw in the video. If you were making this for me personally (impossible cause Im #b3d 4 lyfe) #lmbgang. Id have some panels capable of popping up to connect the artist with an isolated and intuitive experience. However Im not sure how the maya environment is. It seems like a tough platform with compatibility and all that. Sheesh. Also theres this facebook group 10k. facebook.com/groups/tenthousandhours/ They'd love to see something like this. Alot of maya holdouts haha. Get this thing out there. I think theres room for growth. Mayas kinda lonely on the HS tool front. Check out my channel sometime Im all about that bool life. But I like the way you cut a box.

masterxeon1001 for some reason I missed this message, yes, I was waiting for a long time hope people or Autodesk can improve those tool, I am not a programmer, so its actually very hard for me to go further develop. I don’t hate blender, but just most of place built their pipeline on top of maya, so to make my life easier, use as less software as possible ,box cutters is much better in this area.

Cristian Giuseppone right now is just subtraction, I am working on make box do union as well, it’s a bit tricky as one Boolean node in maya can’t handle more then one operation. But I think I found a way to make it happen.

@@Im3dJoe good to know. It's a great work dude! Keep it up!

Anton Savoderov Did you copy and pasted the script direct into script editor python tab? Right now it won’t work if you copy file into maya script folder, I am plan to fix that, but I need a bit more time. Let me also test in maya 2019 later today. Thanks

@@Im3dJoe ok. I just drag n drop script into maya. Like always do. )

Anton Savoderov there is a tutorial video now, check it out, let me know if it still not work

there is a new version for maya 2022, you can find and download it with maya bonus pack 2022

This is very old version, can you try the latest one?

Is it happen when you launch script? try this way, go to script Editor, under File>Open, select speedCut1.py , then run the script

@@Im3dJoe thank you!! I got this. keep up great work (y)

I am interested you have any good idea? You may modify to your needs, as long as you not sell it :)

@@Im3dJoe i do have. I ll try to send you an email next week.

Check the tutorial video, very easy just copy and paste whole code into maya script editor(python) then run it, that’s it.

It's available at gumroad. gumroad.com/l/speedCut

what's wrong with the topology ? this is never going to be animated so why bother for the triangles and Ngons?

The topology is not sub-d smooth mesh, I guess the worries is about how to bevel the edges so it’s not laser sharp. I am try to develop another function to manage bevels for the final mesh, as bevel can be hard if topology is not clean enough. It require some manuel clean up, it does not matter which software or plugin, it will still happen. There was another video I posted before explain idea for bevel manager. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gyf7B6TTHDQ.html

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bNnMea2Petc.html Here is the tutorial video!

@@Im3dJoe Thank you so much!!!

send me an email to islam.mohamed.3d@gmail.com and i will send it to you.

张鹏 if you have got the code from Islam, send me an email, I can send you the code as well

Alex Tamayo still nothing compare to box cutter in blender, but at least a step to improve in maya :)

@@Im3dJoe I really want to switch to Blender! 2.8 is just awesome, finally! I got your tool from Gumroad. I haven't tested yet, but I'm looking forward to it!

Alex Tamayo every software has its strong and weak point, I believe you won’t be disappointed if you use box cutter in blender, it’s just because place I work, most of them build pipeline on top of maya, so it’s much easier if I can do most of job just in one software, at the end it’s still just some maya commands put all together, it will reach to its limit, let see how far it can go before I need to switch programs:)

@@Im3dJoe Honestly, I wish the whole industry switched. I've never liked Blender before, but 2.8 really changed my mind. However, I've been tired of Autodesk for the past 11 years. I was really rooting for XSI and for MODO, but those things didn't pan out, I really hope Blender is the one to take on Autodesk's monopoly of DCC software. I will definitely give box cutter a try. Thank you for the recommendation, Joe.

Revolve Red-zone Is it happen when you launch script? try this way, go to script Editor, under File>Open, select speedCut1.py , then run the script

@@Im3dJoe # Error: IOError: file C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\bin\python27.zip\logging\__init__.py line 935: 22 # what is mean ?

Revolve Red-zone 'The solution is to delete the pymel.log in users / name. At the restart of Maya, it rewrote a new pymel.log file ' arnoldsupport.com/2016/10/08/mtoa-the-curse-of-pymel-log/

@@Im3dJoe I will try. Ty guy

try this way, go to script Editor, under File>Open, select speedCut1.py , then run the script

@@Im3dJoe Thanks! From what I can tell, its working in Maya 2017! \o/ Awesome script!

PardonParadox great, good to know it works on 2017, thank you!

go to script Editor, under File>Open, select speedCut1.py , then run the script

Im3d Joe thank you

what the heck? this script is FREE! people have been using maya for years, never paid for it! if you're a hobbyist, student or teacher, you can use maya for free, and have full access to big studios workflow (or almost) , so why the hate ? :D did u know you can also use both maya and blender plus whatever software you could possibly think about ? :D it's not like marriage, it's not religion, it's supposed to help make art, art is free, so free yourself ;)

@@reddaneali5997 Its no hate, its just the way it is. Yes, you can use Maya for free if you dont' want to make any money with it. But if you do, you'll rent for eternity and never own it. And yes, people should use whatever they want to use. If you like Maya, use Maya.

just a stupid Blender user always think blender is the best

sure, you can do all the thing with default Maya function, it's just Very Slow to setup those thing, that's the reason to make a script to speed up process. for example if you want to setup 50 boolean live objects in maya to see how slow it is. speedCut link all the shape node into single boolean node to make it run fast :)

- Im3dJoe - Polygon Lab oh that’s nice, does it also have the function to select resulting edges to bevel?

I have to say this is the weakest point in Maya as there is no modifier system, very hard to track edge data, you can select hard edge but is not always 100% accurate. I am try to hack it with "bevel manager", a bit hard to explain but if you check video for speedCut 1.58 you will get some idea. I hope new components tag will improve one day which we can track all edge data.

- Im3dJoe - Polygon Lab Ktool had that feature, don’t know how he did it but it was cool. He stopped selling that plugin for some reason.

I think the function you talking about is to select hard edge by angle? It’s a nice function, I like it, maybe write one later.

Phát Vũ hi, I don’t have maya 2016 any more. Maybe there is some command only exist in later version of maya. Can you post the error message?

Ugh, I hope it works for 2016, its the last version we could buy. and I use it also.

Recon MR right now I am spending all my time to debug and adding union function to current version, let’s see if I have enough energy I may try to test in maya 2016, and maybe isn’t a hard fix.