Maya Support Solutions Podcasts

We have 5 new Maya Support Solution podcasts up in the Subscription Center Some people have told us they find our podcasts difficult to find, so I figure I'd lend a hand.

 To view the podcasts, first, you need to log in to the subscription center at http://www.autodesk.com/subscription. Click on the Login to Subscription Center button in the top right of the page.

 

Once you're logged in, click on Training, as shown on the left. This will take you to the training catalog. In the training catalog, select Autodesk Maya from the list, open Maya Video Podcasts (English), then open Maya Support Solutions, and click on the podcasts you would like to see.

We have five podcasts for you now:

Bokeh Camera Rig

See how to make a camera rig with the mental ray Bokeh shader. With this method, you can move the locator and it will automatically populate the focal point of the shader.

Multiple Lens Shaders

With this approach you will see how to use more than one camera lens shader for your mental ray renders.

Xform MEL Command

Using the xform MEL command can help you quickly query the location of any object in local or worldspace. See a practical example of this powerful tool.

Animation Layers: Keyframe Options

Explore the different keying options with animation layers. The user will learn where and how Maya sets the keyframes when using animation layers.

Running Maya on Linux

Troubleshoot some common issues when launching Maya 2009 on a Linux 64 based OS. Issues covered include: interpreter, library and font errors.

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Comments

[Steve Mann]

thanks for posting,
The main prob I have with the pod casts is they don't organize by Dates.

Not sure if you have any pull, but It would be great if when a pod cast goes up, it had a date on it.

thanks

[Eric Stratte]

Nice Podcast on using Maya under Linux.
I'm wondering if you know whether the USB HASP keys are finally supposed to work on 64-bit Linux now that it's the only version available in Maya 2009?
I'm trying to get it working under FC8-x86_64 and the apcw recognizes my dongle just fine with any of the available aksusbd versions I could find (aksusbd-1.5-1, 1.8.1-3, and 1.14-3, all .i386) and it also thinks my license key is valid, but Maya always kicks me to the apcw (doing FLEXLM_DIAG shows hostid mismatch) and all of the lmutil hostid checks only return my NIC MAC. :(
I haven't sent in a support request yet, but I guess I can try that.

[Eric Stratte]

oops, a clarification:
running:
/usr/aw/COM/bin/lmhostid -flexid does correctly identify my USB dongle ID.
maya's just not picking it up for some reason :(

[Owen Burgess]

Hi Eric,

I've logged an SR for you. For two reasons:
1) we keep track of how many times an issue comes up.
2) we can contact you directly to troubleshoot if necessary.

Also, this blog is not really designed as a support forum - I can't guarantee a response within 4 hours, which you're entitled to as a Gold Support customer..If you log an SR, then one of my colleagues will pick it up and answer you asap..In other words, you get the service you pay for :)

Now, about that dongle...

Thanks,
Owen