Maya uv editor pin/lock uv's or sew to edge.

malcolm

Is there a tool which will do a move and sew but instead of sewing the edges 50% into the middle it will only move the edges of the specified shell. Or if I could just lock the uv's so they don't move during the move and sew.

Kyuzo

hey, don't know if i understood you right, but take a closer look to Maya's UV Editor toolbar and you'll find there... "Move and sew" button. But seems i misunderstood something

malcolm

The move and sew moves both edges together 50%, I want to move one edge to the other, not have them meet in the middle.

Kyuzo

but move and sew works the way you just explained, it move lesser shell to bigger one

1-2 Move&Sew moved one shell to position of another, no middlemoves or something else
3-4 move&sew edges on same shell for sure move them to middle.

This is actual for Maya 2012 and above, can't say anything for lower versions.

Kyuzo

omg, bot attack

malcolm

Sorry I should have clarified, cut a patch out of the center of an object so it's surrounded on all sides by edges that will be welded.

m4dcow

malcolm wrote: »

Sorry I should have clarified, cut a patch out of the center of an object so it's surrounded on all sides by edges that will be welded.

That works with move and sew too. I feel dumb asking, but you're sure you aren't hitting the "Sew" button, rather than "Move and Sew", because thats the only thing I can think of that would give issues like you describe.

malcolm

Try move and sew on this example it will stretch both edges. I want only the edges from the small square to move, not both border edges.

nullfed

In this particular case, if you move and sew this section into place, select the UVs in the centre and unfold, it will put them back into place.

As for general sewing of uv shells without distortion, there was a script called ESALsmartMoveAndSewUVs.mel from jocose
http://www.polycount.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-65124.html

the direct link to the script is on that page:

www.cggart.com/fposts/pc/smartMovenSew/ESALsmartMoveAndSewUVs.zip

I hope he doesn't mind me linking directly to it again, its such great script and I use it often.

malcolm

nullfed, great I already had that script installed. Didn't know you could use it for that. Select two uv's on the smaller shell and turn on align shell, scale shell, and sew coincident uv's. Set the distance as high as needed.