Modeling Fundamentals in Maya 2020

Model a rounded iPhone-like block by beveling selected corners, adjusting fraction and segment for smooth curvature, and refining thickness and vertex positions to match the reference image.

learn how to clean up a cut-out by creating bevels and edge loops, preserve the curvature, and mirror the half-model to achieve a symmetric Maya 2020 geometry.

Clean up the geometry around the screen by adding and terminating edge loops, merging vertices to remove triangles, mirroring the model, and shaping four-sided, sharp-edged edges for realism.

Create a USB port in Maya by cutting a precise opening, extruding and beveling edges for a rounded port, cleaning up topology, and mirroring the geometry for a complete model.

In this Maya 2020 tutorial, create the USB port holes by preparing geometry, applying boolean difference, and refining with edge loops, bevels, and quad-only faces for clean, symmetric detail.

Model the back camera lens of a smartphone in Maya by building cylinders, applying booleans, and refining the lens protrusion for a realistic back view.

Group the phone in the outliner, move the geometry into the group with a middle mouse drag, then organize image planes on one layer and freeze transformations.

Set up a Maya 2020 Arnold render of the phone by configuring a camera, HDR image, Skydome lighting, and metal and glass materials with adjustable roughness for a realistic shot.

Discover how to apply the Arnold wireframe shader to display a model's geometry quickly. Adjust color and thickness, render in low resolution, and present your modeling process in post-production.

Learn to model a roof rack in Maya 2020 by creating cylinders, bridging to curved corners, beveling edges, and extruding faces, then adjust pivots and divisions for a two-sided rack.

Block out the hood by refining the chassis with a bevelled edge, elevating the front, and extruding and moving faces to form the notch and slump.

Block out the bottom half of the chassis in Maya by extruding and bridging edges, cleaning history, aligning vertices, and mirroring to match the reference image.

Create the back wheel well in Maya by refining the mesh with edge loops, moving vertices to shape curvature, deleting faces, and verifying the result from side view.

Block out car seats in Maya, extrude and reshape geometry, add slight bends and recline, apply bevels for leather-like rounded edges, duplicate seats, and clean up four-sided quad topology.

In Maya 2020, model an elevated dashboard piece as a separate component, align with the central edge loop, extrude and bevel, then clean up geometry and adjust the pivot.

Model a steering wheel in Maya 2020 using a torus for the wheel and a center cylinder, connect with bridge and bevel, refine edges, then mirror with a center pivot.

Create and refine a wing mirror in Maya 2020 by modeling a cylinder, adjusting radius, rotating with snap pivot, beveling, extruding, and using connect components and mirror to finalize.

Block out the doors in Maya 2020 by extruding strips, bridging edges, merging vertices, and isolating pieces to form a clean car-door block before beveling and detailing.

Bevel the bumper edges, add support edges and edge loops to keep four‑sided faces, delete history, and finalize with a license plate.

In Maya, finish the chassis by cleaning geometry, adding bevels, extruding and shaping event pieces, aligning pivots, tightening edges with support edges, and merging vertices for clean topology.

Finish the chassis in Maya by refining vertices and edges, creating smooth bevels and edge loops, and cleaning up topology to avoid triangles for a clean quad-dominated model.

Fine-tune the chassis topology in Maya by cleaning up geometry, removing triangles, and maintaining quad faces, while beveling edges and straightening vertices for the front section.

In Maya 2020, finish the chassis by beveling edges, extruding depth, merging vertices, creating edge loops, bridging edges, and cleaning up geometry for a smooth, connected model.

Refine the chassis geometry in Maya by isolating the chassis, extruding and aligning edges, adding edge loops, bridging faces, and cleaning up topology to ensure proper clearance and cohesion.

Finish the chassis by cleaning up geometry, deleting unnecessary edges and triangles, bridging and merging edges, hardening critical edges, and mirroring the completed shell for a sharp, clean car form.

Create the axle by modeling a centered cylinder, rotate it 90 degrees, adjust the radius to 0.5 then 0.3, extrude a connector, bevel edges, and mirror to form both axles.

Bevel and refine the front and back car doors in Maya by adding segments, aligning top edges, and cleaning up edge loops for consistent, sharp geometry.

Refine the car door topology in Maya 2020 by bridging edges, welding vertices, removing extra geometry, and ensuring the mesh uses clean, four-sided faces.

Finish the roof by deleting unnecessary faces and beveling key edges, then clean up and bridge gaps for a solid mesh, and mirror along the X axis.