Problems Keying Polygon Vertices

[salvatoretheintern]

So I asked this question a few months ago on this board (here's the link to the previous question: http://www.highend3d.com/boards/index.php?...mp;#entry266192 ) and while I did get some useful solutions to what I was trying to accomplish, the problem--whatever it is--still remains the same.

Basically, I am trying to ANIMATE VERTICES. But when i KEY VERTICES, the Values i Key get More-Than-Doubled....EXAMPLE:

Let's say I create a POLYGON CUBE
Then I switch to Vertex Mode
Then let's say I select 1 VERTEX
I set my Red Cursor at Frame 1 and Choose ANIMATE > SET KEY

Then I set my Red Cursor at, say, Frame 10
Then I move that 1 VERTEX's Y-Value to "1.000"
I go to ANIMATE > SET KEY

So that SHOULD move the 1 VERTEX from Y-Value 0.000 (it's starting point) to Y-Value 1.000.....

However, EVERY SINGLE TIME I do this operation Maya more-than-doubles whatever the Second Value was....i.e. Instead of the 1 VERTEX Deforming from 0.000 to 1.000 (deforming about 1 Inch, that's just me eyeballing it) it Deforms from 0.000 to about 2.450.

The suggestions I got previously were:
1. Stop using "KEY ALL" and use "SET KEY" instead....Tried that....The Values still More-Than-Doubles no matter which way I set the Keys
2. Use "CLUSTERS"....Tried that.....CLUSTERS actually Successfully Keyed....i.e. Maya does not More-Than-Double the Key Values I set for CLUSTERS....However, this doesn't seem to change the fact that I Should Be Able to Key Vertexes, right? I've done it before...Maya just seems to not allow it anymore. CLUSTERS are great, but Keying Vertices seems like a very crucial element in Animation, and I'd like to be able to figure out what's wrong here.

Any suggestions? I've checked everything I possibly could in terms of Simple Things...i.e. this isn't just a 'Bonehead Error'....and I've Googled 'Maya Vertex Keying' and the like...no luck. Any help is appreciated.

Here's a Link to a Quicktime Video Screen Capture of the problem....You can see that whenever i Key the Second Value, Maya allows me to Key the Values, but whenever I go to Play the Timeline, Maya has automatically--for whatever reason-- doubled the Values I put in: http://www.salvatoretheintern.com/rosedale...mayaproblem.mov

[joojaa]

Let me guess your units are set to inches? Dont key values by typing them in the editor just move them with the manipulator and hit "s".

THe editors get confused since the values you see are internals but the unit is set to inches and may acan hwak it up and convert anyway (because it dont monitor how you view stuff whan you set it)

This is a design flaw in maya i must admit. but thenagain it does not matter since you should never ever change the base usnit in maya for any reason. Because units dont exsist inside the computer.

[salvatoretheintern]

Jooja,

My Units are not set to Inches. I have never fiddled with any of that.

I tried the hitting "s" thing...No luck...the same problem occurs that you see in the Video I posted...ie the Second Value automatically more-than-doubles.

Any other suggestions?

(May be worth mentioning: When I try to KEY VERTICES on a Nurbs Object this problem does not occur...ie the Second Value KEYS exactly to the Point/Values that I've chosen and does not "more-than-double". As far as I can tell, KEYING VERTICES on my Polygon Shapes is the only problem that I've had with KEYING in Maya...everything else I've done KEYS fine.)

[salvatoretheintern]

Anybody?

[joojaa]

Well it does not matter if you set the attributes if somebody else did.

Anyway i cant repeat this problemm on my windows machine. on 6.01