scenario-maya-modeling

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Use when modeling in Autodesk Maya, such as hard-surface props, weapons, vehicles, a sci-fi crate, a game-ready or SubD film model, or a character or creature base mesh, or when asked to "clean up this model" or a scene before rigging or UVs. Also for support loops vs bevels vs creases, Smart Bevel, weighted normals, hard edges, pinching or wobbly highlights, a faceted cage, flipped faces, a triangle budget, n-gons, non-manifold geometry, mirroring a half, a low poly from a high poly, or deformation-ready topology.

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# Maya modeling (hard surface, organic, props) Expert modeling is purposeful topology: every loop exists for the silhouette, a highlight, a bake, a UV seam or a joint, and the model arrives downstream with nothing the next person has to clean. The agent works big to small, measures each stage with the toolkit, and looks at a metal highlight render before believing a surface. If a sibling skill named here is missing from your available skills, ask the user to install it (`npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill <name>`); unattended, proceed from tool schemas and flag the gap. **REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** scenario-maya-expert (execution channel, review loop, 2027 version traps). Toolkit: [`scripts/mx_modeling.py`](scripts/mx_modeling.py) (`sys.path[:0] = ["<skills>/scenario-maya-modeling/scripts", "<skills>/scenario-maya-expert/scripts"]; import mx_modeling as MM`), used with `mx_audit`, `mx_validate`, `mx_review`, `mx_run`. **Not yet run in Maya:** its pure-Python layer passed offline tests; every Maya call is pending `tests/code/maya-modeling/run_all.sh`. ## Stance (the expert delta) - **Purpose first, then density.** A still from CAD or booleans can skip clean topology; games, animation and close-ups cannot (Mario Elementza [00:00:32]). Minimum density is the narrowest feature, "the shortest distance between the two edges" [00:17:19]; then camera distance decides: low density needs redirected edges and pinches slightly (background), high density needs none (hero close-up...

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scenario-labs
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scenario-labs/skills
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