I need some help remapping an obj file. It is a skateboard I got from 3D cafe as a 3ds and converted it. I took it into UVMapper, and it will not work for me, it loads up and the texture map is from the front view. I need all of the faces for the model, and I just can't do it. I want a map something like zygote's skateboard. What an I doing wrong? Please someone help me. Thanks in advance, Voodoo

Create a new UVmap Planar and try it from X Y and Z..experiment.

Thanks but UVMApper freezes when I do that Jeff, besises, I need to see all the faces, like the zygote example above. Any other ideas man? Anyone? How do they rip it apart like that?

heyas; they have a big expensive mapping proggie ;) but you can do something farily simple like a skateboard just fine. try selecting by group (if the different peices are different groups) or material. you can give the board part a box map, for example, to get all six sides laid out. then give the wheels each a cylindrical cap, which will unroll the edge and show the front/back flat. if uvmapper is locking up on you, you have a problem, obviously. try running it with nothing else running, or reinstalling it. if it still locks up consitently for you, better contact steve cox about it.

The skateboard from Zygote (texture template pictured above) was done by Robert E. Whisenant who uses UVMapper to do his mapping =) You can see the entire template here: http://store.zygote.com/PoserTemplates/access/skateboardT.jpg I'm really interested in seeing any model that causes a problem with UVMapper. Could you send it to me at stevecox@optonline.net What did you use to convert the .3ds file to .obj? Also, do you have the latest version of UVMapper? You can get it here: http://www.uvmapper.com Thanks.

I grabbed the skateboard from 3D Cafe, converted it to wavefront (obj) using 3D Exploration (v.1.2.54) loaded it into UVMapper and created the following map. This is just a quick job, there's much more that can be done... Steve

Well I guess I'm just a dumba$$, Steve. I have the latest version of your great prog. Maybe my converter is bad? Can you help me out on how to do what you did? A tutorial perhaps? Thanks in advance, Jason (Voodoo)

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Please take a look at my site, I've got several tutorials there. You can find it at either: http://home.pb.net/~stevecox http://www.uvmapper.com If you have specific questions after looking them over, let me know and I'll do what I can to help. good luck, Steve