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UV Mapping Cylindrical Objects - some_yahoo - 03-06-2016
When I am unfolding cylindrical objects I frequently run into this situation.
the tops of my cylinder segments make uniform trapezoids and when I segment them for unfolding, they are all 22.5 degrees rotated from one another.
I frequently want to map them all (or most of them) to a single spot on the UV map, so I'd like them to unwrap all to the same orientation, like /___\.
it would be cool if I could
- select one
- (i) to get them all
- right-click, "match orientation" to rotate them all to the same orientation, or...
- right-click "overlay" to orient them the same and fix them to one another.
I know this would be a headache if the user has selected some 3. 4. and 5 vertex faces, but maybe we could trap for that somehow.
I have spent many hours doing this manually over the years.
Would anyone else like this feature?
RE: UV Mapping Cylindrical Objects - micheus - 03-07-2016
(03-06-2016, 07:55 PM)some_yahoo Wrote: I frequently want to map them all (or most of them) to a single spot on the UV map, so I'd like them to unwrap all to the same orientation, like /___\.some_yahoo, I think that can be achieved depending on how you cut the mesh:
![[Image: cylinder-uv_zps42a32403.png]](http://i1330.photobucket.com/albums/w578/Micheus/Wings3D%20-%20Forum%20II/cylinder-uv_zps42a32403.png)
RE: UV Mapping Cylindrical Objects - some_yahoo - 03-08-2016
Do tell.
RE: UV Mapping Cylindrical Objects - micheus - 03-08-2016
(03-08-2016, 08:10 AM)some_yahoo Wrote: Do tell.Isn't the bottom map in the AutoUV what you are looking for?
Do you need I explain how I got it? It's simple, just note the cut I did in the AutoUV Segmenting window (left in the image)