MAYA LT UPDATE3

oglu · Feb 2017

i like this update...
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYALT/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-085D05C1-CBA6-4BBD-8645-7C3B3967D626

nightshade integration
bakeable deformers
quaddraw updates
viewport displacement

bounchfx · Feb 2017

I'm actually impressed. I didn't expect to see the things I was hoping for in the UV improvements, but there they are. Hopefully the update hits regular maya before too long. I normally use LT but since I got a full licence I've been using that, and kind of surprised how slow they were to roll out the LT features into the main program

throttlekitty · Feb 2017

That does look nice! Something I'm realllllllllly hoping for is a way to properly isolate or hide UV faces.

oglu · Feb 2017

with the bakeable deformers you should be able to bake a delta mush into the weights...
really handy for games...

Aabel · Feb 2017

What kind of deformers, besides delta mush, does Maya LT have that would make this skinning decomposition tool interesting? Is the bake to deformers tool capable of converting complex simulations to bones without an established hierarchy?

antweiler · Feb 2017

If blendshapes work in LT you can covert your blendshape based facerig into a bone driven one. Very powerful, great that this plugin found its way into Maya.

Matt Fagan · Feb 2017

I've been using Update 3's UV editor, and I'm not much a fan of the changes. Removing the buttons on the actual main UI and converting it into a 3ds Max UV UI was just a plain poor design decision. The design itself originally prior to this update was perfectly fine. I don't see why the need to change it at all. To be fair, the addition to the side panel (max style) isn't terrible, but I wouldn't have designed it to make it a dependency for the user. to make the most of the core functions of UV mapping from the one that was there prior.

The other change I wasn't too stoked with, is the new mouse-over hot menu layout with their new functions. Which really slowed my workflow down. In short, it's a learning curve again and the process is slower than before, and probably requires a hotkey setup to make the most of it.

If I could slate the button icons into the main window top, then that would be boss.

The good though, they've added an unfold brush, and straighten uv, and shell commands along with some others that are very helpful. Also the quad draw tool display improvements/additions are very helpful to the retopo work that can be done. I'm looking forward to Maya 2018 though.

bounchfx · Feb 2017

I haven't had a chance to try it yet myself Matt, but I'm wondering if the issue you're having is strictly the lack of the buttons up top now? If that's the case, that's not too bad.. It's annoying for some, but I think most of those commands are(were?) accessible via right click menu, or shift right click. See if that's still the case. I just know that a majority of my unwrapping I don't touch those buttons for anything but welding points and mirroring

Matt Fagan · Feb 2017

derp! :P

oglu · Feb 2017

you have now a shelf in the new uv editor... just darg what you need to the top...

Custom Shelf

Displays a custom shelf. You can add UV Editor items to the shelf by Ctrl + Shift + clicking them, or add dividers by right-clicking.

oglu · Feb 2017

http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-2197CC8C-4D8B-412D-9073-47F0E877BAEA

oglu · Mar 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f2-CZHp-_M

CJE · Mar 2017

I think this is only for Maya, not Maya LT, I can't seem to find these new features.

oglu · Mar 2017

they should be in LT.. are you on update 3.?

CJE · Mar 2017

Hey, so you were right. For whatever reason, the Autodesk Desktop App doesn't show/download updates for my Maya LT install, even after reinstalling, so I was on the base release. I downloaded all 3 updates directly from Autodesk and now I have the new features.

Burpee · Mar 2017

I reaaaally like how Autodesk treats Maya since the last few update, they are really implementing great new useful stuff !

oglu · Mar 2017

an other uv editor video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuRyMbiL8c

ArmoredWolf · Mar 2017

Maybe not the perfect example, but...

Does anyone if there's an easy way in this new update to unwrap a winding road into a perfectly straight strip?

I know you can do this in 3ds max by selecting an edge and hitting "wrap" in the uv modifier and presto. I was hoping Maya can do it as well.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/bi/jng71fx776hz.jpg

ArmoredWolf · Mar 2017

ArmoredWolf said:

Maybe not the perfect example, but...

Does anyone if there's an easy way in this new update to unwrap a winding road into a perfectly straight strip?

I know you can do this in 3ds max by selecting an edge and hitting "wrap" in the uv modifier and presto. I was hoping Maya can do it as well.

I don't know if there's a dedicated tool for this, but I found a workaround.

-Unitize.
-Move and sew edge ring (-1 edge where you want your cut).
-Optimize.
-Orient Shell.
-Straighten UVs.
-Unfold legacy > constrain Horizontal (helps remove distortion from the longer faces).
-Layout, scale, cut into smaller strips, or whatever you want to do with it.

I wish there was a way to make macros in Maya, as opposed to copy pasting and editing Mel commands for a script.

oglu · Mar 2017

in the new uv editor --> unfold --> straighten uvs
maybe you need to move some point but its working fine...

ArmoredWolf · Mar 2017

oglu said:

in the new uv editor --> unfold --> straighten uvs
maybe you need to move some point but its working fine...

Straighen UVs doesn't make a strip, it just straightens the UVs a little. The name is misleading..

oglu · Mar 2017

it does work for me... unfold did the start... i rotated the shell und hit straighten...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTtEd9k-2TM

ArmoredWolf · Mar 2017

oglu said:

it does work for me... unfold did the start... i rotated the shell und hit straighten...

Thats the wrong video :P

You method works though

I did watch the video about UVs before I posted but I didn't think straighten would work on something so imperfect, I thought it was meant for minor adjustments but you have proven me wrong. Seems like the workflow now is more or less just Unfold, Orient and Straighten.

This was just an example though, I hope this works on more complex paths like the 3ds max tool. Thanks a lot.

CreativeSheep · Mar 2017

I've left Maya to go Houdini for almost a year at this point. Out of curiosity is Nightshade still being developed as I still use it occasionally on Maya 2015 ?

onionhead_o · Mar 2017

Hey Oglu, How do I edit the Ui inside uv editor? Ctrl + shift + click doesn't do anything for me

Edit: nevermind, I Found it. for anyone that wants to know.

View> Check on Custom Shelf> Ctrl + Shift to add uv tools

ArmoredWolf · Mar 2017

CreativeSheep said:

I've left Maya to go Houdini for almost a year at this point. Out of curiosity is Nightshade still being developed as I still use it occasionally on Maya 2015 ?

I believe nightshade functions are now a part of maya 2017 update 3 natively.

oglu · Mar 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNa-zHjjSgc

interactive grooming looks fun...
i have to try the convert to poly workflow...
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-2CFBC23D-358F-4EDF-B51D-94796DFC2201

nervouschimp · Mar 2017

Still no crease set editor in Maya LT. Such a shame.

ArmoredWolf · Mar 2017

nervouschimp said:

Still no crease set editor in Maya LT. Such a shame.

Will probably never have it. LT is intentionally stripped of functionality game developers rarely use, to make it more affordable I guess.

MAYA LT UPDATE3

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