Something that basic should not require me contacting the dev. It should be a standard benchmark in testing the product for release as this feature is a staple in games production. If the devs are not checking this, then they clearly have not done their homework in understanding the problem(s) that need to be solved with such a tool. It’s kind of like designing and building a space shuttle that takes off, lands, maneuvers well in orbit, is serviceable, economical and meets all other bullet points on the spec sheet except account for the fact the astronauts need to be able to survive the flight.
And yes, I’ve made the issues known along with many others, but if memory serves, somebody had the brilliant idea of deleting all those reports from the Softimage database. Matt From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Crouzet Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 11:21 AM To: Softimage Mailing List Subject: Re: maya uv tool broken? If you haven't done it yet, you could forward this kind of request directly to the dev: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> He's really friendly and has even been on this list for some times now. On 8 September 2014 15:13, Matt Lind <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: If Maya is using the same Unfold3D as Softimage, then artists will still need to go to another software for UV layout because Unfold3D lacks very basic functionality required for certain types of work. For example, unfolding a symmetrical object an having the resulting UVs laid out symmetrically to reflect the geometry's shape. Unfold3D is very poor with that. Matt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 10:59 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: maya uv tool broken? Hello, Unfold3d is build directly in Maya 2015 and accessible directly from the UV Editor menu. Then, there is a Bonus Tools which is a mel script that takes you step-by-step into setting up things and then call unfold. That's not a new tool, but it's been updated to use the new Unfold3d. I figured that if you knew how to use Softimage's Unfold3D you may not need the Bonus Tools. It's worth checking out all the changes in UV Editor and unfolding in the two separate sections here: http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2015/ENU/?guid=New_in_Modeling The team has studied UVLayout; going to it shouldn't be necessary for anything. On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Manuel Huertas Marchena <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > "I don't know The bonus tool predates 2015 and the new workflows ." what > do you mean? sorry it might be obvious but usually I use uvlayout for > this type of task, so I am trying to find the "best" way to approach > uvs inside maya to rely less in uvlayout for simple geo. > My approach in xsi was usually do all ("simple geo") uvs in xsi and > complex geo unwrap, uvs packing, uv islands ratio inside uvlayout. I > am now replacing xsi for maya and will like to keep the same workflow. > So if the "uvtool" is supposed to be "the new way" of unwrapping > meshes in maya 2015, I was asking why is not included by default? but > again being a bit new, I am surely missing something obvious :) -- Christopher Crouzet http://christophercrouzet.com
