How to Quickly Model a Wire/Cable using Maya 2018

Hi Creators,

This is a video request! From offices to telephone poles, cables and wires are found everywhere in our environments. Modeling cables and wires is essential in making your environments look realistic. In this video tutorial, I will show you how to quickly and efficiently model a wire/cable using Maya 2018.

We will be using tools such as EP curves, extrude from curves and more!

Software used: Maya 2018, Photoshop and Arnold

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[threedots]

every time. I'm coming back to this video every time.

[aussieraver]

Hopefully this helps someone else, but at 3:55, if you can't seem to be able to snap the vertex to the curve, just make sure that you hold C then Middle Mouse Button DIRECTLY ON THE CURVE.

[nicolecampanha]

You saved me, thank you so much. And you're the first woman teaching Maya that I've ever seen, I loved it <3

[hotcrossandnobuns]

This is honestly fantastic. I've been a 3D artist for 5 years and finally made the jump from Max to Maya. Your tutorials are really helping through the process. Just wanted to say a huge thank you (:

[blobfish]

For anyone else who discovers the problem of the extruding not following the curve, with the menu simply popping up with the normal extrude options: you might be in the object mode. Try selecting the curve, then right click (on the poly object) and chose component mode face, shift-select the right face and then extrude

[isaacjones]

im a first-year uni student doing games art and learning maya and ur tutorials really help with things i find difficult thank you

[harukunnn]

for those who still can't do it this:
- select the curve and set it to control vertex
- then click shift and click the center pivot (make sure the curve and the pivot are selected together)
- drag it to the first vertex

[Lillireify]

YAY you saved me from hours of skinning, I was able to quickly model a substitute! Thank you!

[ArtsyAustin]

I'm a bit late, but thank you so much for this very easy tutorial. Bless you!

[waywardwiz]

your voice is perfect for teaching, thank you very much I've learned a lot! awesome content!!

[lordilhamgod]

This is the best free software Ive seen. Respect.

[manny]

You just got a new subscriber!, honestly only YouTube that is easy to follow for newbies like me 😊 will watch the rest and like! Thank you!!x

[miniOwch]

most helpful video i have found so far. Thanks ! :)

[nolock]

You can also download maya bonus tools. And there the tab "maya bonus tools/modeling/curve to tube mesh

[princepjohnson]

You're awesome ! You inspire me to learn this stuff more and make it more fun to do so. Excellent work.

[danpymD]

Awesome tutorial! You could also use Curve Warp 😉 first create for example a cylinder add height divisions, then create the curve, after that you freeze transformations the cylinder, then shift select the curve then go to Deform> Curve Warp.

[kalilambre]

Thank you a lot, I've watched severals of your videos and it's always super helpful !

[JdRV]

This saves me so much trouble doing wires, thanks you so much! i really enjoy your videos :D

[elisaperez]

you literally saved my career thank you
so much

[Echoeva]

Awesome stuff! Currently trying to model a violin and this really helped me get the wires to look more realistic, thanks!