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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      @jql

      world is your oyster once you have a uv map.

      without one you can't bake normals, ao etc...

      texture import is vital but not from the outset. main purpose is to get this out as a minimum viable product and then let the users dictate it's dev.

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        This is so exciting, I cannot wait to try this.

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        • JQLJ Offline
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          @rich o brien said:

          @jql

          world is your oyster once you have a uv map.

          without one you can't bake normals, ao etc...

          texture import is vital but not from the outset. main purpose is to get this out as a minimum viable product and then let the users dictate it's dev.

          You're absolutelly right!

          Also, my concerns are really not aiming at my current workflow as I'm using substance and as you say the only thing I need is an UV map and doing it with sketchup tools.

          Basically, I need only what you have right now!

          But I just cannot help pestering you, it's a way to feel involved already. Will it also be easy to select some edges and rotate them or edit them somehow so they get absolutelly vertical or horizontal?

          That would help a lot in some architectural workflows and I cannot do it with blender (I know it's pbcac... don't shove that on me! πŸ˜„)

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          • cmeedC Offline
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            looks amazing....
            c

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
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              @unknownuser said:

              "Will it also be easy to select some edges and rotate them or edit them somehow so they get absolutely vertical or horizontal?

              Will it?

              It can do it already πŸ˜‰

              Align to top,bottom, left and right. Pin points too. And Relax.

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              • JQLJ Offline
                JQL
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                I'm relaxed... will wait for it calmly now...

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                • FrederikF Offline
                  Frederik
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                  I'm calm as well...
                  But I do want to see more of this... πŸ˜„

                  Cheers
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                  • cmeedC Offline
                    cmeed
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                    question on the video...
                    the shell of the car was mostly green. The areas around the lights were red while an area opposite was blue - This indicates the checker material is being squashed or stretched? red squashed blue stretched. So will WrapR be able to fix this?
                    how? - by moving the vertices around individually? I don't know much about UV mapping....

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                    • cmeedC Offline
                      cmeed
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                      Also - will we be able to get models into games engines?
                      a second UV channel was needed for Unreal for example.

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                      • JQLJ Offline
                        JQL
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                        I don't believe you need the second UV channel. At least I was able to export to UE without it... The only problem I faced was 64+ materials on my model. It doesn't handle so many and I also haven't managed to actually work inside UE as I hadn't the time to dable with it. πŸ˜‰

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                        • cmeedC Offline
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                          ....actually i think the second UV channel is now created by default by UE if the model doesn't have one...I just remembered.
                          I ran into problems where some of my model would be fine in UE for a while then after a 'lighting' build everything went crazy - supposedly due to the lack of the second uv channel. anyway, like you, finding time to try and experiment is hard to find.

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                          • K Offline
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                            If you want to use lightmaps in Unreal, you need a second UV channel. If you want to use only dynamic lights, you don't.

                            Unreal can create a second UV channel from Sketchup's texture channel. It basically makes a copy of the texture UV's, and re-shuffles all the individual UV islands so they fit in a 0-1 space.
                            Most textures in SketchUp have UV coords outside that 0-1 space so Unreal takes a bit time for that.
                            Problem is though, this only works for simple geometry. For more complex or curved elements (furniture for instance) the UVs in SketchUp are not nicely stitched together but all loose islands and all over the place. This results in a large lightmap with all kinds of tiny little islands and lots of wasted space. These lightmaps take more time to calculate and never look really well - even at higher resolutions.

                            For those elements, make your own lightmap UVs in Blender is your best option.

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                            • JQLJ Offline
                              JQL
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                              kaas, but if the original textures are UV unwrapped onto one of these organic models, the lighmap problem persists?

                              I mean if we have something unwrapped the second UV channel to lightmap convertion works well?

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                              • K Offline
                                kaas
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                                @jql said:

                                I mean if we have something unwrapped the second UV channel to lightmap convertion works well?

                                If you have nicely layout uvs (like in the image) AND the export to obj or fbx doesn't mess them up, I expect Unreal will most likely be able to re-use them easily.


                                uv.jpg

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                                • JQLJ Offline
                                  JQL
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                                  Nice... It's not such a big deal with hard face modelling right?

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                                  • K Offline
                                    kaas
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                                    @jql said:

                                    Nice... It's not such a big deal with hard face modelling right?

                                    Don't want to clutter Rich's topic. Send you a pm.

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                                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                      @cmeed said:

                                      So will WrapR be able to fix this?

                                      Yes, you can relax the selected UVs with the R key

                                      @cmeed said:

                                      Also - will we be able to get models into games engines?

                                      Saving multiple UV maps per mesh is on the roadmap.

                                      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                      • JQLJ Offline
                                        JQL
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                                        @kaas said:

                                        Don't want to clutter Rich's topic. Send you a pm.

                                        You're right... though it also relates to the usefulness of Wrap-R...

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                                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                          Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                          This video shows how you can mark seams in SketchUp anf it will be unwrapped in Wrap-r when it imports....

                                          ...You can also see UV shells getting flipped.

                                          Next is live syncing in SU so you don't need to save-close-open-save-close-open... πŸ˜›

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                                          • JQLJ Offline
                                            JQL
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                                            @rich o brien said:

                                            Saving multiple UV maps per mesh is on the roadmap.

                                            Whoaa... Hold on!

                                            Are you developing that prior to release or after release?

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