getting a consistent uv map

[grant_PD]

is there a secret sauce to getting a good mapping along a surface like this?  Seems like no matter how I create the shape, I get the corners running in a different direction than the rest of the map.

[Kevin K]

@grant_PD if you are inclined,  post the file in 2022 format. I have run into this many times and have some tricks…maybe, to resolve the issue.

-Kev

[grant_PD]

@Kevin K

BACKWALL.vwx

[Kevin K]

Ok, got the file...question however...when I opened it in 2022 the texture I have on the inside face is called " VW dots" ...doesn't look like the image you posted?

Let me know...did you send the correct file sir? 🙂

 

[Elite Exhibits]

@grant_PD @Kevin K

 

I have created something along this line - started with a polygon - created a wall from that  - then mapped the texture to one side of the wall.

 

See attached

 

Peter

RGB Wall_1.vwx

[grant_PD]

@Kevin K Same file.  I had just swapped out the uv map texture for a dot look.  But the mapping is the same no matter what you put on it.

[Kevin K]

Ok, got the file...question however...when I opened it in 2022 the texture I have on the inside face is called " VW dots" ...doesn't look like the image you posted?

Let me know...did you send the correct file sir? 🙂

 

[Kevin K]

@grant_PD It would probably be a good id ea to send the exact file to me in 2022 format...apples for apples paradigm 🙂

[grant_PD]

@Kevin KBACKWALL.vwxwith the right texture

@Elite Exhibits I find that I can get a good map sometimes, other times not.  I want to know how to control that.

[Kevin K]

Ok, got the new file...give me a few and I will get back to ya...

[Kevin Allen]

I've had and solved this problem, now if I could recall how? Yours is a shape and an extrude? Have you also tried a line and a tapered extrude?

[grant_PD]

@Kevin Allen I thought I was on the right track this morning by lofting the top and bottom curves.  So I have eliminated that, and simple extrusion...

[Kevin Allen]

3 minutes ago, grant_PD said:

So I have eliminated that, and simple extrusion.

extrude along path?

[BartHays]

Will this help?

 

Duplicate the path at the "wall" height, 

Loft Surface, no rail, (pick Ruled)

Shell to add thickness. 

 

better UV mapping in corners

 

 

 

[Mark Aceto]

11 minutes ago, Kevin Allen said:

I've had and solved this problem, now if I could recall how? Yours is a shape and an extrude? Have you also tried a line and a tapered extrude?

 

Check the box: Use world origin?

 

Also, walls work great for me but extrudes go haywire (the opposite of what I hear is supposed to happen). UV mapping in VW is definitely interesting... (don't get me started on SubD).

[Kevin K]

OK..after much ado.  🙂

I attached an updated file 2022 format.

Cutting the chase...

1) your original object was an extrude along path...in which case it will never map the textures correctly on all 6 surfaces...

2) I did one example converting the surfaces to nurbs, which will work with a little tweaking for the direction / orientation of the texture on each face.  Pretty quick really, using flip/rotate, etc ( always use the Surface UV mapping for these kinds of objects, btw)

3) the last example was leaving your original extrude along path object, BUT using the texture face tool to address each face, tweaked accordingly.

 

I think these are the best offerings to resolve your dilemma...maybe other users can offer other solutions?

 

BACKWALL-Kev.vwx

[grant_PD]

Thanks @Kevin K!  

I'm still hoping to have a one and done solution to this, without having to do all of the tweaking.  I've just tried a single rail loft and can check that off the list.  

[Kevin K]

Just out of curiosity @grant_PD have you tried just using the wall tool?? You can create a simple shape ( curves and all) and use 'convert to object' and choose the Wall option and it will create walls with all the curves, etc, THEN ( I haven't tried this) the rendered surfaces may render more to your liking?

 

Give it a try.

[Elite Exhibits]

@grant_PD

 

open the RGB Walls_1 file above ...

 

as @Mark Aceto mentions - use walls  - created from

 

Peter

[grant_PD]

@Elite Exhibits @Mark Acetowall tool for the win!

[Kevin K]

@grant_PD I just tried using the wall tool suggestion that I and others had suggested....creating a shape using a polygon, arc, etc tools, then converting that shape to walls....

and bingo !! right out of the box it worked, rendering all the all faces with the correct texture mapping...

So...that would probably be the way to go?

 

Check it out...

 

Using Wall Option.vwx

[Mark Aceto]

Not for nothing but I was going through this workflow last week, and when I made the texture size the exact dims of the wall face, each texture mapped perfectly the first time every time. No Attribute Mapping Tool required.

[Kevin K]

@Mark Aceto that is precisely what I was alluding to in my last post. Seems like using the wall tool solves the issue @grant_PD was having.

No adjusting whatsoever pertaining to attribute mapping.

Good to know all this for future endeavors 🙂

[grant_PD]

For what it's worth, I did need to go through and line up the textures horizontally to get the map aligned across straights and curves, but it was not too bad.  I will still need to build a UV map that I can work with in a flattened elevation and then re-map it to these walls, but that will most likely be in c4d and not vw.

 

 

[Elite Exhibits]

@grant_PD

 

as for alignment, Note how the Texture is created & applied in RGB Walls_1

 

Let me know what you see...

 

Peter