Forum: Autodesk Maya
Posted By: clem95008
Post Time: 01 January 2018 at 01:28 PM
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Summary: Need to purchase all the hardware and software for the ideal setup for an animation studio/classroom. Money is not really a concern. Suggestions?
I am a high school animation and graphic design instructor. I teach three levels of animation specifically. I run a pretty intense program for high school students. Our community just passed a bond that will replace our high school in a couple years with a very modern one with a huge focus on technology courses such as mine. I will need to be very well-informed soon about how I want my classroom in the new school to be designed, and what technology it will need inside. We currently use iMacs with 16BG Ram. I have issues all the time with rendering taking forever, as we do not have a render farm right now. Also, the usual instances when Maya crashes when using nCloth, animating, dealing with textures, or some other dumb reason. My students are modeling characters, texturing, rigging and animating them. What I need to know is if you wanted to set up an animation studio, with money not really being any concern, what would you buy for the studio/classroom? I know that I want a render farm - but I don't have much of a clue how to do that. Additionally, I teach graphic design courses, so we mainly use iMacs because of them. Should I consider switching to PCs if I really want to get the best out of my animation students? Would PCs really be better than the new iMac Pro? What additionally should I have in the classroom as far as hardware and software? Right now we have Adobe CC, Autodesk Maya, and Zbrush. Anything else that you recommend?
Thanks in advance!
Posted By: clem95008
Post Time: 01 January 2018 at 01:28 PM
Text:
Summary: Need to purchase all the hardware and software for the ideal setup for an animation studio/classroom. Money is not really a concern. Suggestions?
I am a high school animation and graphic design instructor. I teach three levels of animation specifically. I run a pretty intense program for high school students. Our community just passed a bond that will replace our high school in a couple years with a very modern one with a huge focus on technology courses such as mine. I will need to be very well-informed soon about how I want my classroom in the new school to be designed, and what technology it will need inside. We currently use iMacs with 16BG Ram. I have issues all the time with rendering taking forever, as we do not have a render farm right now. Also, the usual instances when Maya crashes when using nCloth, animating, dealing with textures, or some other dumb reason. My students are modeling characters, texturing, rigging and animating them. What I need to know is if you wanted to set up an animation studio, with money not really being any concern, what would you buy for the studio/classroom? I know that I want a render farm - but I don't have much of a clue how to do that. Additionally, I teach graphic design courses, so we mainly use iMacs because of them. Should I consider switching to PCs if I really want to get the best out of my animation students? Would PCs really be better than the new iMac Pro? What additionally should I have in the classroom as far as hardware and software? Right now we have Adobe CC, Autodesk Maya, and Zbrush. Anything else that you recommend?
Thanks in advance!