How would you unwrap this ??

nastobi123

Hey guys, noob modeller here, was wondering how would you properly unwrap this ??
This is a strap for a camera, this type of geo's are what I'm having the most trouble unwrapping.

Having trouble unwrapping this. Please help Any advice would be appreciated

ZacD

I'd unwrap it the same way I'd unwrap that if it was flat, just a long straight strip with a a seam along one of the sides.

cromadbomber

I would just model the entire thing straight. Then should be easy to do UVs. Bake it to the lowpoly and bend it.

DireWolf

Couple apps like UVLayout can force rectangular unwrap on things like this.

Modo 9.0 has this feature built-in with a few other interesting UV tools.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PHdNBxJMHk"]Modo 9.0 has this feature built-in[/ame].

In Maya I'd do a unitize unwrap (each face will fit into the 0-1 range, making them square) and then do move&sow which will arrange everything into straight line.

nastobi123

@ZacD how do I do that, when I try to do it, it doesnt go straight, it preserves the current shape of the geo. When I try to straighten it, its not right. But thanks

@cromadbomber wouldnt that cause stretching and weird texel density n stuff ?

@DireWolf I use max, dang its paid tho

Thanks all, tried the spline unwrapping, still not right. Anyways, again thanks

Eric Chadwick

Spline unwrapping is great for this. Select one of the edge loops, convert it into a Shape, then load that in Unwrap. Make sure to adjust the spline gizmo (move rotate scale).

nastobi123

@Eric Yeah man, Spline worked great, texel density is good and almost even. Thanks

SOLVED !

Thanks for the time all, really, thank you

MisterSande

Unfold Mapping in 3DSmax can also be used. If you use a tiling strip to texture then this is I would do it.

Mark Dygert

Eric's solution is a good one, but I would have made that out of a spline and turned on generate UV coords.

Now that it's made you can still make a spline. Select an edge that runs the length of the spline and in edit poly click "convert to shape" it will make a spline. Set the spine to rectangle and turn on "generate UVs".

Grooveholmes

Check out Headus UVLayout. This looks like it's all quads so you should be able to do a rectilinear relax which will give you perfect straight strap uv's.

IxenonI

Create a loop in the middle of the object and use the Unfold strip from loop function in 3dsmax. That should do the trick.