Download Any surfaces that were especially tricky could be easily unwrapped using Roadkill (a free UV unwrapping app) that you can export and import UVs with using SketchUV. SketchUV is available for purchase at Main Menu: Home. This is my first tutorial o.Īpplying a texture to a rattan chair using the SketchUp plugin SketchUV. An introduction to Roadkill UV Part 1, This was made for a for a friend in mind but decide to upload this to share with everyone. Firstly you'll need to run the plugin by typing Roadkill into the Maya MEL editor, and press Enter. It automatically lays out UV co-ordinates and minimises distortion in just a few clicks. I use the Roadkill professional plugin for Maya. When you're happy with your mesh, you are ready for the next step: UV unwrapping. Quite often you will get better results with Roadkill than with the Maya UV unwrapping tools. It's based on Blender's LSCM unwrapping code and this Maya version is written by Andy Swann. If a good proportion of your life is spent texture mapping polygon meshes, then you should probably install Roadkill. Have a look at the first Roadkill example movie to get a good idea of it's usage. The latest version is a standalone application that can be called from Maya, 3DS Max and now Softimage XSI (link is currently dead). Roadkill UV Tool v1.1 Roadkill If a good proportion of your life is spent texture mapping polygon meshes, then you should probably install Roadkill.
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