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[twocust]

Howdy Phil...newest beta is rockin

2 questions:

-Is it possible to also assign a "show all shells" button once you've hidden some
(or is the only technique to "undo") ?

-How would one go about creating non-square (but rectangular, obviously) UV
mapping templates (for example, I've got a model of some wainscoating mapped
and it takes up 1/2 of a 1024X1024 map, so in terms of efficiency, I'm wasting
512X1024 of the necessary texture area)?

cheers!


twocust

[headus]

[twocust]

thanks for the tip on the hiding (I'd hit the 'u' key numerously and saw nothing in
3d-view, then I switched to UV-edit view and saw the shells, went back to 3d-view
and found I'd somehow managed to scale/rotate the model out of view )

will look forward to the new beta as well...

as to my question about rectangular maps, I thought it might be a strong feature,
given that the trade-off (in my particular example) is to just have more seams, but
full usage of the "square" 1024X1024 map. However, if you figured a way to allow
the creation of maps that were either 512X1024 or 1024X512, the mapping would
better relate to my actual model (probably handy for tricky game texturers as well).

just trying to keep you busy, ya know.

twocust

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[moochie]

Hi .. great prog! I'll be getting my dongle ordered this w/e.

When I bloat (Shift+F) the view screen zooms into the selected piece, and as it unwraps the section often extends beyond the window. I then have to zoom out after I stop the flattening before I can select the next part. This seems an unnecessary extra step .. not a major issue and I assume there's a logic behind it, but thought I'd mention it. I'd prefer it if the view remained the same whilst bloating is in process as I can zoom in to check any bits that need attention afterwards. Cheers.

D'oh .. I wrote out a long question about preserving groups in an obj .. but it's all answered in the v1.8 movie.

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[Xena]

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[Greenlaw]

Hi,

Sometimes when I open a previously saved .uvl file, a shell will appear 'inactive'. That is, it's completely shaded white and I can't seem to preview a grid pattern across that shell. The fix seems to be to reflatten the shell, but of course this really isn't an acceptable solution. This problem seems to be random, but I'm running into it pretty frequently.

It's not too serious as I can still edit the shells, but unless I reflatten the shell I can't see any error indictors or preview a grid pattern on it. Needless to say, this can get frustrating.

Has anybody else run into this problem? Do you know why it happens, or have a solution?

Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions.

Best,

DRG

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D.R. Greenlaw
Senior Digital Artist
Rhythm & Hues Studios - The Box
www.rhythm.com

[headus]

[Greenlaw]

Thanks for the immediate reply Phil.

The problem might have to do with scale--we work with a few different 3D apps and each one seems to use very different units for measurement. Maybe a size conversion feature could be added to UVLayout's Load/Save panels to compensate for the differences? Just a thought.

Have a safe trip home!

-DRG

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D.R. Greenlaw
Senior Digital Artist
Rhythm & Hues Studios - The Box
www.rhythm.com

[Littlefox]

Another wish for ya

Okay we have stacking to get those lovely pieces identical but is there any way to add an update where you can get one side exactly like you want, select the symmetric points on each, then have the outline transfered to the second rather than averaging the two?

I ask cause I'm fighting with some toes right now and separating those little things on both of them just so that I can symmetrize em without them recrossing is a bit of a pain.

[Xena]

Oooh, I'll second that. It'd be quite handy for all sorts of things

[headus]

Done! I have to finish off a couple of other things, but should be able to build a new installer sometime tomorrow.

Phil

[Littlefox]

Oh heavens your fast! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *HUGS*!!!!!