way of texture nurbs != polys!?

[empleh]

What bad happens when you assign a texture map to a NURBS surface?

ww

[rudymassar]

You could use an 3d-paint package. You could also use the 3d-paint tool and use it to mark certain points on a face -for example-eye, nose, mouth, ear, cheeks, etc and bring that into a paint package. For simple planar projections you could screen capture the model in an ortographic view.
Since I don't own a license for a 3d-paint package I use projections and Photoshop to paint multipatch models. I unwrap the model using the technique described in the book Character Animation for Maya 2:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735708665/thelumisnetworks/103-4921789-8452634
When everything is painted I convert all the textures into bitmap images. After that I hook everything up to switch nodes.

GL! Rudy
www.3d-artist.nl

[empleh]

Hi Rudy,
I checked out your site. Fujitsu is awesome, lol. It's nice to see an artist having fun.

ww

[rudymassar]

*laffs* thanx... Fijitsu is probably the most simple 3d-image on that page (green only). In my dumpsite I've been working on "miep" in the creatures folder. She's a 300+ multipatch woman... and it has nothing to do with her size ;)

Greetz!Rudy
www.3d-artist.nl

[empleh]

Nice, fantastic model. Any plans for her? I bookmarked the site. I'll keep checking the progress. Patch models always amaze me.

ww

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maYa_GuRu,
you might want to look at "Fix Texture Warp" in the "Texture Map" section of the attribute editor for the nurbsShape node. You can assign a checkerboard to a nurbs plane and push and pull cvs to test the effect.

Good luck,
ww

[rudymassar]

No, I got no plans for her. I still need to convert all the textures connect those textures to their corresponding surfaces in the switch node. After that I probably need to paint/clone some "seam" areas... and than make a wrap model for the rigging part.

I think the question of MAYA GURU is how to get a wire model of an unwrapped model, like poly's have, with NURBS so you can see where you paint.
In that case I recomment the technique in the book I mentioned before. That's also the technique I've used for the Miep model.

Greetz!Rudy
www.3d-artist.nl

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