Re: Bending a pipe

Be warned man, that's not the best attitude if you want to achieve something
with Maya.
Everything you are asking for is pretty straightforward with Maya, I'd say it's
pretty easy to get done in very few steps, it's just that you are not familiar
with those steps.

It looks like you have to learn the very basics about polygonal meshes and nurbs
surfaces forst. People here are trying to help you but they tend to to assume
you already have those basic knowledge. That's why you're are not getting it
done.

There's simply no "Bend it" command button in Maya! You have to use
another approach to get a polygon bent in some way.

Keep reading the manuals and watching tutorials about Maya modeling, start
learning a few techniques and practice with them. Maya has a steep learning