"repeating" UVs in Maya

goekbenjamin

Let me explain what i try to make:

I modeled a chainsaw:


I unwrapped the chain and added a "tileable" texture to the material:



I know that stuff that goes outside to the right from "0-1" it will repeat the texture, but what is the best way to do it in maya?

What I did is;

- unfold it and straight it
- then I would scale it until it does look "okay" (eyeballing it...):


What is your way to handle this?

Alex_J

That's hwo you do it. What's the problem?

If you wanted to keep UV's in 0-1 space but tile texture within the space, that's easy, this video shwos how:

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=maya+show+tiled+texture#kpvalbx=_0bHLXvDTD_-kytMP8d6X8Ao29

goekbenjamin

it the "eyeballing" thing, I know you can barely tell it if its "a little" bit stretched, I was wondering if there is a certain "automatical"/better way to do it

Alex_J

couple things:

you can turn on the distortion shader: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Maya-Modeling/files/GUID-637CCCB0-3513-4DFD-A8D5-EB1AB5CCEB9D-htm.html

you can get the UV shells texel density: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Maya-Modeling/files/GUID-73BF7546-3BF2-44F3-9192-15A024CEC173-htm.html

(under transform: get/set)

and then, as I said above you could keep your shell in 0-1 space and tile the image directly by inputting precise values. Video shows that but off top of my head I think it can be reached through attribute editor.

But, as always, if it looks good it's good. Making art, not building a house so don't waste too much time on things beyond what eye will notice.

goekbenjamin

Alex Javor said:

...

But, as always, if it looks good it's good. Making art, not building a house so don't waste too much time on things beyond what eye will notice.

thanks!