Texture help

iichiversii · 19 Jul 2012, 23:46

Ummm you know what, I would like to know this also, it would be great if you could texturise your model in SU with multiple textures and have it unwrap all the textures onto 1 textile, or 2 if maybe, I wonder is there a plugin to do this with complex geometry, Im not sure if it can be done directly in SU but I'm sure it can be done in an external uv wrapper, maybe some1 could enlighten us, and what is the best freeware uv mapper capable of doing this?

numbthumb · 20 Jul 2012, 09:48

@iichiversii said:

Im not sure if it can be done directly in SU but I'm sure it can be done in an external uv wrapper,

UV Import/Export bridge to external UV mapping software - and that would mean UVTools, or even better, SketchUV.

@iichiversii said:

what is the best freeware uv mapper capable of doing this?

As Whaat said: ...almost any app that can import and export OBJ files:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=23725&hilit=UVTools

iichiversii · 20 Jul 2012, 10:03

I must purchase this sketchuv, a lot swear by it, what are your opinions on roadkill uv mapper?

numbthumb · 20 Jul 2012, 11:05

I by no means consider myself an UV mapping expert, but I´m quite satisfied with it for the time being.
One thing I like about it is that the UV view updates automatically with every cut. Of course, that is probably something that doesn´t apply specifically to Roadkill, but I haven´t spent too much time exploring other apps.
Althought that ALT+mouse stuff for navigating is a bit frustrating.

iichiversii · 20 Jul 2012, 11:09

Cheers numbthumb,

Nikola Pavic · 21 Jul 2012, 07:47

YES! Thats exactely what i waned! thank u so much! ...but...which one of this is good? and what do u get with payed that isnt in free?

numbthumb · 21 Jul 2012, 08:55

@nikola pavic said:

YES! Thats exactely what i waned!

So give it a try and see if it suit your needs.

@nikola pavic said:

which one of this is good? and what do u get with payed that isnt in free?

I guess all of them are good enough, depending on the usage of the user. The free stuff works just fine for someone who´s just getting into UV editing.

ArcTec · 22 Jul 2012, 10:11

cant you use projected textures?

iichiversii · 22 Jul 2012, 11:18

@arctec said:

cant you use projected textures?

Doesn't always work on complicated geometry

ArcTec · 22 Jul 2012, 14:53

Here's a link btw http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94883

Was going to edit my post but had to wait for it to be approved by moderator.