Tagged 'UVW'

LSCMUnwrap

Submitted by Christoph Kubisch on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
49 votes

lscm unwrap integrated for max5.1 and up

After seeing the max8 peltmapping vids - and doing a bit research on
the topic - I found that wings3d and blender already have nice
automatic unwrappers - using the same technique called LSCM. This
maxscript/plugin combo implements the technique based on blender3d. It
allows the user to mark edges as uv seams and run the automatic unwrap.

UV Layout

Submitted by Richard Osborne on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
7 votes

Great tool for mapping objects.

UV Copy Tool

Submitted by Kees Rijnen on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
6 votes

Use the UV copy tool to copy textures - uv channels and vertex colors from one object to another.

LoadBitmapInPhotoshop

Submitted by Grant Adam on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
10 votes

"If you have a bitmap viewed in the ME this will load it into Adobe Photoshop (if you have PS that is). Install by simply running the .mzp (rename if it downloads as .mzp.zip) - but to work you MUST have a shortcut to photoshop in your 3dsmax root directory - and the shortcut must be labelled 'Photoshp.exe' (note no 'o' in shop).

Soft Selection to Vertex Colors

Submitted by Jon Seagull on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
7 votes

This tool allows you to use soft selections to paint grayscale vertex colors on Mesh or Poly objects. It has 4 modes: Replace - add - darken - and subtract selection.

copyMapChannel

Submitted by Olivier Vandeca... on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
6 votes

copyMapChannel allows to copy the uvw coordinates from a channel to an other. You can select several objets at the same time. The result is stored in an modifier Unwrap and It is easy to edit it.

RotateUV

Submitted by Borislav Petrov on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
5 votes

Rotate Texture coordinates about U -V or W at arbitrary angle. Affect Face Selection or Whole Object.

NoUnwrapUpdate

Submitted by Grant Adam on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
3 votes

"These two macroscripts simpy use a new feature in R4 allowing you to stop/start the Unwrap_UVW from updating when the mesh topology changes. ie.

MultiUVW

Submitted by Jason Hayes on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
9 votes

Automatically gets objects without a UVW modifier and gives you the choice of applying an individual UVW modifier to each one - and specifying the mapping type.

Render Vertex Colours

Submitted by Andrew Oakley on Fri, 2006-10-20 20:45
5 votes

"Objects with vertex colours can now be rendered with this plug-in. Please read the readme.txt in the zip file attached for installation guide and further information. "