Convert Face to Plane // for After Effects Live Link

Convert Face to Plane // for After Effects Live Link

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Convert Face to Plane // for After Effects Live Link

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Hi there,

 

we are working on a scene in which we use a lot of AE integration (mostly for Trapocde Form). For example we have a cube in maya. I would like to make planes from each side of the cube and send it to After Effects. At the moment my workflow is:

- creating the cube

- creating 6 planes

- attaching each plane to the surface (by using the "snap together tool")

- these layers i send to after effects as well as the camera information by AE live link

 

To improve the workflow I would like to know how I can create planes from faces? By using the "extract"- command I cannot create a plane with the correct Position information for after effects. Maybe it´s possible to use the vertex global rotation and position of the cube´s faces and creating a plane with them?

 

I am relatively new to Maya, so I am sorry if the solution is too obvious 😉

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john.paul.giancarlo
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hello, I would use the duplicate command see image bellow

 

Screen Shot 2017-08-01 at 01.46.29.png

 

make sure to turn off keep faces together

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