3DSM 7 - Duplicating UV channels?

LEViATHAN

I want to duplicate the uvs from channel one to channel two, setting the channel to two resets my uvs. Saving/loading uvw files does not work.

Halp?

CrazyButcher

I once wrote a little script for max5, but I think later versions of max have that built-in?
anyway my script is here
http://www.luxinia.de/index.php/ArtTools/3dsmax#uvcopy

DO NOT install the plugin, just run the .mcr file once and you will find the macroscript installed

but better look in the max help file I am quite sure that feature became quickly part of max

kodde

Not that I know Max. But setting current channel to 2 probably doesn't "reset" anything, it just doesn't contain anything yet.

The way it's done in Maya is selecting the UVs you want to copy in channel 1. Then in the UV-editor menu's you use the "Duplicate UVs" option, and set it to duplicate the UVs to channel 2. Oh and I think you refer to them as UV Sets in Maya, but same thing.

shadows

Or you could go in teh utilities panel and use channel info to copy your channels.

LEViATHAN

I am an idjit. Found out that you can just right-click > copy islands in channel 1 and paste it in channel 2.