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1. Re: Unwrapping Donuts! How?

   

   Reply by martynball · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Okay thanks, how would I go about unwrapping it they it is on the bottom example?

2. Unwrapping Donuts! How?

   

   Topic by martynball · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Please could someone show me an example of a donut shaped mesh unwrapped, I don't know what the best way to this is without getting seams or stretching.

3. Re: Unwrapping Donuts! How?

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Another advantage to Vrav's 2nd example is it can tile on both U and V. Very handy. A cool trick someone showed me... you can bake a 3D procedural texture into a perfectly-tiling texture by simply using render-to-texture with a torus.

4. Re: Unwrapping Donuts! How?

   

   Reply by Mark Dygert · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   In max you make a Torus Primitive, check on "generate mapping coordinates" It will give you Vrav's bottom example. If you forget, you can also use quick peel and then use straighten selection to square everything off again, very quick and easy (max2012). Its a little more manual in <2011 you have to click a vertical edge,…