CGTalk - mapping of a rope

KiboOst

01-02-2003, 04:01 PM

Hi folks !

I'm trying to map a rope, and damn, this is a pain in the ** !!
I can get nice result, following curves etc of a renderable spline, but the problem is that if I move a vertice, then the mapping shrink accordingly to the vertice translation. This suck ! Any idea?

Thks

Kib

halo

01-02-2003, 05:10 PM

map it using the generated UV's not using a UVW modifier....if editable spline doesnt generate uv's then use a loft :)

KiboOst

01-02-2003, 05:17 PM

Yeah actually I've tried with edit spline generated mapping. I don't want to use loft, as I will have a tons of ropes in my scene. Thks anyway ,-)

Kib

E.T

01-03-2003, 04:35 PM

Maybe im misunderstanding you, but if you get a nice mapping with renderable spline couldnt you just use uvw unwrap to make sure it sticks on the right place?

E.T

KiboOst

01-03-2003, 04:44 PM

If I fix the uvw with unwrap, it won't take the bend then. I remembered reading something on this in max1 or 2 books, but can't find any nice technics. Will try with lofts, but it wioll slow down my viewports :-((

Kib

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