Maya - UV Strip Straightener?

Autocon

So I have just started trying out UVing again in Maya after like a million years of not using it. Loving RoadKill for most things but I was wondering if there are any scripts or easy ways to unwrap strips into a perfect grid like fanshion much like UV Strip Straightener for Max?

I basiclly want to be able to do this exact same thing but in Maya. Any help would be awesome.



http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/uv-strip-straightener

toddiej

I usually select the polygons I want to map.
Do an automatic projection.
Under 'Polygons' in the UV editor pick "Unitize".
Select the edges that'll be sewn together and use "Move and Sew".
Then do an "Unfold" with a Vertical or Horizontal constraint on those uvs.

Pretty quick when you get the hang of it for uving strips.

PolyHertz

You seem to ask for a lot of scripts :P

Just fyi, even if there isn't a script for this it's completely doable in mel, just would take a day or two to put together.

dannedadon

Uvdeluxe has a pretty nice straightening feature. Although not exactly like that. It's available on creative crash. Pretty good all around script that adds a lot of uv functionality that should be in maya by default

passerby

UV Deluxe is a must have for uv editing in maya, and there are some nice tools in maya bonus tools for UV editing too.

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/texturing/c/uvdeluxe

http://area.autodesk.com/bonus_tools

EMC3D

Autocon, a script like that in Maya would be a godsend! Done it manually so many times, never did a find a script that worked like the one you posted.

Also Toddiej, that sounds like a familair technique I think I heard about relating to UVing race tracks, will deffo give it a try.