[Maya] GN Automatic UVs By Hard Edges

Gabriel Nadeau

Hi everyone!

For my latest script, I decided to make a tool that will automatically map, unwrap and layout the UVs of your polygon mesh. The uv seams will be generated from either your object hard edges or a custom surface angle if you choose so. This script can be very useful while modeling to quickly generate UV shells that can used for selection purpose. It can also provide a good base when creating your UVs for texturing.

You will find below a snapshot of the script window and its different options as well as some examples of the script in action:

The script is available for free on my ArtStation store: https://www.artstation.com/gabrielnadeau/store/yw5w/maya-gn-automatic-uvs-by-hard-edges

Let me know your thoughts and feel free to contact me if you encounter any bug or you think that something could be improved/changed.

Cheers!

Gabriel

Rick_D

Hi Gabriel, is there a recommended maya version for this? It causes fatal crashes in 2016 (I know, 2016..), just wondering if there's anything I can do about that or if it just is what it is.

Cheers!

Gabriel Nadeau

Hi @Rick_D

I don't have Maya 2016, but I do have Maya 2017 so I tested in this version and unfortunately it doesn't work and probably won't work in older versions. It does work in Maya 2018 though, so I would recommend using any version from Maya 2018 and up.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't really be worth it for me to make it backward compatible so the only solution if you want to use my script is to upgrade to a more recent version of Maya.

Hope this helps!
Gabriel

Ryandec

Looks nice, ill be sure to try it out:)

Visualmaximum

Thank you!