unfold

[micheus]

2) why does your illustration in #post14 show that the columns of each color sets are detached? there still is the problem of vector output...

That was intentional. Just to illustrate I unwrapped the regions in "strips". Bellow you will find it unwrapped in a different way.

I wrote another reply which was somehow lost, so I'll repost its content..

It's in #post 16. I'm not sure it was this one, but for some reason the forum engine marked one of your posts for moderation. I approved it a few days ago.

maybe it's easier to automate this rather than use the auto-UV method*?

Not for me now. That will require I to look in a part of the code I'm not used to play around. I still have my own project to "finish" and just a couple of free time to code.

basically it's aout how I managed to create the first unfold illustration I posted for my egg.

- select one face only
- view -> align to selection
- file -> export selected -> cartoon edges > [OK]

loop over for all wanted faces, import the resulting SVGs in [inkscape, ...] to rotate/assemble them.

Please don't do that!

In the video bellow I try to show you how to do basically the same process inside Wings3D in an easier way. It will require you patch two files.
I also tried to cover some possible options you may need to use to cut and "re-cut" an island/group.
There is no audio (sorry), but I tried to be slow then you can follow the steps and options being used. Shotcuts I used: [E] edge, [B ] body, [L] edge loop, [D] repeat last command, [SPACE] deselect, [A] Aim camera and [Shit+A] Frame camera.



Attached is a .tar file including two modified files is used in the video: wpc_autouv.beam and wpc_hlines.beam. Use the File->Install Plug-in or Patch to update them.

It's an unofficial version of the current plugins and valid only for v2.2.6.1 - for which I have tested.

If you decide to remove them, you will need to access the user folder, like:
"C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\wings3d\2.2.6.1\plugins"
and delete them manually.