3dsmax UVW , Overlap Multiple Shells

skyline5gtr

Hey guys, wanted to put this out to see if anyone has a better way.

Lets say i have 6 UVW shells like wheels. I want to overlap them so they occupy the same space on the UV. Right now im snapping each one to match but i feel there has to be a way to select them all and 1 click to get them all in the same space

huffer

You can align them at the same time on X and then on Y, making it pretty close. You can do it either with Textools (older script, might work), or with polyunwrapper (paid). Not sure how you do it without any external plugins.

skyline5gtr

I use textools, which button is it? Just align ?

monster

It's a little tedious, but you can pack one at a time.

Synaesthesia

This is pretty simple with Polyunwrapper 4. You can select all of the shells you want stacked and use Align Shell to Left and Align Shell to Top to stack all of them simultaneously in two keystrokes.

poopipe

just use snapping ? 

select each element in vertex mode,  choose the move tool, enable snapping and move each element over the top of another .  if you grab it by a vert and move it over another vert it'll snap. 

edit : re-read first post - not sure whether you're aware you can snap elements in that way (it works in the 3d views as well) 

skyline5gtr

Thanks guys, I was aware of snapping but still nice to see how everyone does it