3dsm uvw'ing

brandoom

Hey guys,

Quick question that will probably be an easy answer for someone. I'm looking to combine a few separate pieces of geometry so they all share the same uvw map but without destroying the already made uvw's. In maya there's a "combine" option witch I would use.. just recently made the switch to 3dsm.

I tried the "Attach" option but it destroys the already made uvs.

Any help is much appreciated :]

Tumerboy

if you attach multiple geometries to each other, each of their UVs should remain entirely intact, but will simply be stacked on top of each other. I would just move each object's complete UV set up, to separate areas outside the 0-1 space, attach, and then unwrap and rearrange as you please.

If I missed the point, let me know.

brandoom

Thanks for you reply.

My problem ended up being that I wasn't collapsing the UVW modifier before attaching.

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Mark Dygert

Also you can select multiple objects, apply UnwrapUVW which applies an instance of that modifier to each object and unwrap them as if they where one object or individually if you like. The advantage is that they remain as separate objects and don't need to be split back off after your done.

brandoom

Nice to know, Thanks Vig!

renderhjs

but it only works in max2008+ and I had my errors with it already (via maxscript). So at least for me it does not always work out - but its advertised that it should work that way.