Texturing question

[womanonfire]

i can only hazard a guess....
select faces in small sections and make cylindrical projections one by one (in the same UV set of course) lay them out on your texture and sew the edges together. hmmm.......

[ki oku]

is it a NURBS or poly object?


with NURBS its no problem because they have already UV's

with polys try this:

duplicate the object, move your vertices to get something like a zylinder (dont add/delete any polygons!) do a planar projection then transfer the uv set back to your original object, this technique is very powerful..

[MasonDoran]

another solution....is to create a cylinder...apply a wire deformer to it....and move the cvs into place to match the object...this is essentially starting all over...but the Uvs will be perfect.

[AAbel]

Well you could also make a duplicate of the object, straighten it out, make the dup a blend shape and then use the new blend shape to project.

Could also just make another cylinder with the same number of spans, project UV's and then transfer them. Not sure if that would work though

[MasonDoran]

but then....it is essenttially just a squared layout from 0-1....so why not map the whole object cylindricly...make sure u cut a UV seam the length of the object for it to unwrap(and sew any messed up uvs...so you have only an the caps and the length long seam)....then use MAP UV Border(select object...convert to edges...convert to border...convert to UVs)....the UVs borders( then go from 0-1.....and then with the mess inside...just use Relax Uvs....making sure pin UV border is on....and use the option World for best results.

please note...if you extruded with a nurbs....then the uvs are already perfect...

[MasonDoran]

i just followed the method i mentioned...and uv mapped a poly cylinder tube(nurbs extruded surface that i converted and then deleted the uv map) and took me maybe 4 minutes to complete a usable uv map

[Bpanting]

is it a NURBS or poly object?

Its a poly object.

duplicate the object, move your vertices to get something like a zylinder (dont add/delete any polygons!) do a planar projection then transfer the uv set back to your original object, this technique is very powerful..

I will give that a try and let you know how it works.
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[ki oku]

well it was a very rough explanation...I made a tutorial for this, but only in german right now :(

[MasonDoran]

maya guy...why dont u play around with the advice i gave you?....key point is that you must cut a UV seam along the lenght of the object

[Bpanting]

why dont u play around with the advice i gave you?.

I will give that a shot and let you know how it goes, thanks.

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[YellYellYell]

Originally posted by ki oku
well it was a very rough explanation...I made a tutorial for this, but only in german right now :(

Hey, can you give me the link of the tutorial, I'm german.

thanks

[playmesumch00ns]

considering the object, would it not be a better idea just to make it again with NURBS?

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