UV texel density in 3D max 2011

bgoodsell · Nov 2010

I'm relatively new to 3D max (I'm more of a Maya user) and having a hard time understanding why my hard surface UV's aren't relaxing with proper texel density. No matter how I try to unwrap my objects (I usually pelt map), I get the following stretched results when i relax the UV's.
texel%20test.png

In theory, this shape would unfold into squares instead of these more rectangular shapes. Any way I can get better results without manually fixing the UV's for every object? I'm using default properties in 3D max 2011.

Bal · Nov 2010

Have you tried doing a Reset Xform on your object? The Xform is used by max for unwrapping stuff, so if you scaled it around that could explain why your texel ratio looks wrong.

Yozora · Nov 2010

reset x form and then collapse it, thats how I usually fix this problem.

bgoodsell · Nov 2010

is reseting the Xform the same as selecting the object from the modifier list and then converting it over to an edible poly? I've tried that and UVW Xform, both without success. I've even deleted the uvs and tried unfolding them again and the result looks like the above screenshot every time.

Bal · Nov 2010

No Reset Xform is in the Utilities tab.

bgoodsell · Nov 2010

That did the trick. Thanks Yozora and Bal, I would have never found that out on my own.

Bal · Nov 2010

It's the equivalent of freeze transformations in Maya (just in case you hadn't guessed as much.)

UV texel density in 3D max 2011

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