What if unwrapping sketchup models was kinda easy....
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@ntxdave said:
Now another question: How do you get the 2d texture to map? In particular when I look at the ThomThom's example of the face. How do you get the flat face texture that you are mapping to your mesh?
That's the process of UV unwrapping. You start with the 3d mesh (on the left in the image) - then you use a tool, like Wrap-R to unfold it like you see in second to left. This is the non-trivial part. You need to crease seams - tell the applications where to cut the 3d mesh such that it can be unfolded into 2d. The unwrapping application then tries to lay out the mesh onto a 2d surface such that no polygons overlap each other.
Once you have that 2d flattened version you take it into an application like photoshop and draw your texture using the unwrapped mesh as guides. With that new texture you reapply that to the original model. (Alternatively, there are some applications that let you draw directly onto 3d surfaces.)I'm not sure if that description was the best - a video here is probably more explanatory.
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@rv1974 said:
I wish something suitable for fast texturing of 'conventional' architectural objects would eventually appear inside Sketchup:
I'm a little confused by the arrows that appear. But the tool is trying to determine the flow/direction of the mesh for automating the UV mapping?
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Yes, in accordance to edges.
From his description:
"This modifier allow to set planar mapping of selected polygons and orient map by selected edge or by maximum (minimum) length of edges in each polygons" -
I'm really thrilled about this plugin.
One thought though.
Personally I don't have anything against it but I think the name WrapR might be a bit to cryptic for a lot of people.
At least consider a more descriptive name. -
Will it be based on Roadkill or something completely independent?
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@pixero said:
I'm really thrilled about this plugin.
One thought though.
Personally I don't have anything against it but I think the name WrapR might be a bit to cryptic for a lot of people.
At least consider a more descriptive name.UnWrapR
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@pixero said:
Personally I don't have anything against it but I think the name WrapR might be a bit to cryptic for a lot of people.
I don't think it's criptic but reminds me of rap.
I agree with the naming being different that sketchup derivations if this is going to be an external app that can be marketed to other software. If not, the most evident name to use would be in the lines of WrapUp, but I'm pretty sure you've been there...
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Wrapster
Wrap-a-lot
WrapIt
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Unwrapido!
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"WrapUp"
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This looks fantastic. I'm looking forward to its further development.
If possible I hope the price range would be in the Artisan/SubD realm.
I agree, WrapR might not be the name with the most visual lock... Add an "Un" and eyeballs might lock on and stop to read, but still most folks with experience know what wrapping/unwrapping is about.
That and once it's available (it will happen, I hope), people will probably come from all over via suggestions/links in forum posts and other recommendations anyway, so anything "wrappy" will do.And now the waiting game begins...
Is it done yet?
How about now?
Now?
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How about now.... Is it ready now?
Okay... I'll wait...
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2 questions.
1- can the resulting uvs be exported with the mesh to obj, either via the app or via sketchup (or indeed via collada) for use in other applications
And
2- what's the name of the music and where can I get a copy?
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I have another question too... If I make a model using quads, and go to export it as such, with no triangulation, will that mess up the UV coordinates?
I'd imagine that's more of a worry for tiling textures, where in some cases, if you fail to triangulate the model (on export) you'll end up with hundreds of fragmented jpegs of the original textures. I don't think that would actual happen, but perhaps some form of wonkiness on export.
That's not a rational concern, correct?And yeah, I kinda liked the background music too.
BTW... is it finished yet?
How about now?
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We triangulate the exported mesh.
It's not going to deal with n-gons. Too troublesome.
The focus now is exploring bottlenecks to performance and a genuine user 'want'
If you haven't already please thumb up or down the first post so we can at least establish what active members here feel about WrapR. Thanks.
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All meshes tri'd? That's a deal breaker for me. While I'll keep an eye on this, I'll stick to the methods I'm using already to uv map.
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@rich o brien said:
If you haven't already please thumb up or down the first post so we can at least establish what active members here feel about WrapR. Thanks.
I believe that good tutorials/guides to go along will be just as important as the app itself. Despite how user friendly the app will be - visuals in the form of GIFs and videos help a lot to herd people into new workflows. UV Unwrapping is not that common to see in the SU world - but as seen with QFT - once SUbD showed concretely what use they have people gained interest quickly.
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Definetelly agree with you Thomthom, but UVunwrapping is, probably the ultimate need Sketchup needs fulfilling.
Others will come, sure, but I imagine a lot of users taking a second look at sketchup because of this.
It's a basic need for half the Sketchup world out there, and half the users not using sketchup for CG (video, game design, asset creation, and the likes...) will probably look twice now, with SubD and Wrap'her'up!
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I'll buy.... Looks great
I've thumbed you (hold on that sounds nasty) -
Would love to see this app get developed. Perhaps some presenting for medium, novice and pro users. So each setting would have more options???
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