headus 3D tools

[Rias]

I've used headus a few times before and it worked fine, but for this model which is not irregular in any way it maps the model from the top and not the front like it is meant to..

And it maps the foot from the front instead of the top... Sigh.


Please help me find a solution.

Edit: I just started on another one of my projects and it is doing the same thing! Why is it mapping it to the wrong damn angle.

[Lewi]

Hi, it looks like you haven't flattened that shell yet. Try switching to UV mode holding the mouse pointer over the shell and pressing "Shift + F".
It doesn't really matter how the shells drop into UV space as once the flattening starts it is all sorted out. That torso shell will need a seam up the back or under the arms to flatten though as cylinders or tubes can go funky without one.

[Rias]

[headus]

"It will not flatten properly at all the way it is,"

Like Lewi says, it looks like its missing a seam down the torso, either down the back or down one or both sides. Any "tube" shape (i.e. arms, legs, torsos) needs at least one split line so that it can flatten out properly.

Have a look at the "Split-and-Stretch" movie here ...

http://www.uvlayout.com/videos/

... for an example of the process.

Phil

[Rias]

heh i feel like a real idiot now, I was just trying to find a different way of unwrapping it and missed a cut. Thanks