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While researching the 2012 enddate of the maya calendar, john major jenkins decoded the maya s galactic cosmology. Randomclone is a feature i have started adding to some of my plugins when checked, copies of the object are created with the same parameters but new random number seed values, making it easy to create many clones with the same properties but different, random appearance. I learned maya from digital tutors and have been making my living freelancing fulltime for the past 5 years. Creating environments in maya will help you simplify and streamline the process for creating everything from photorealistic interiors and exterior scenes to stylized.
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