Be sure watch the tutorial videos on this page to learn the basics. However, UV mapping in general takes some getting used to.

Bonus! Path Selection Tool to help divide complex surfaces into smaller ones for easier mapping.

Export and Import UVs using third party UV mapping software Path Selection Tool to help divide complex surfaces into smaller ones for easier mapping.

Save UVs and Load UVs – change materials and maintain UVs maps of existing and future land uses, transportation and utility maps, and maps that show environmental features including floodplains, wetlands.

Triangulate geometry and remove distorted textures.

Tube mapping – great for objects that were created using follow-me.

Planar, Cylindrical, and Spherical UV projections at any orientation.

This plugin is highly useful for placing textures on furniture or complex organic models.

In this tutorial I will give you a brief overview of how Roadkill can be used independently to create base UV maps.SketchUV has been a staple extension for performing complex texture placement since the days of SketchUp 6! It has a simple interface activated using a combination of the toolbar button and the right-click context menu.

Roadkill's purpose is to provide a base map to then be detailed using, in this example, Maya tools. It is free softwar that can be used independently or as a plug-in withing Maya or 3dsMax. The following software programs are needed to open all files in the Appendix. Roadkill 1.1 is a very useful tool in creating UV maps. This is a process that can be done automatically and manually be the most effective ways seems to be manually so you know that the seams and sections of the UVs are correct and that they make sense with the texture you have in mind. The mapping is done in order to paint textures on to an object and knowing almost exactly where that texture will appear on the object. The letters 'U' and 'V' denote the axes of the 2D texture because 'X', 'Y' and 'Z' are already used to denote the axes of the 3D object in model space.

This process projects a texture map onto a 3D object. UV Mapping: is the 3D modeling process of making a 2D image representation of a 3D model. phpBB Debug PHP Warning: in file ROOT/includes/bbcode.php on line 488: pregreplace(): The /e modifier is no longer supported, use pregreplacecallback instead.

Roadkill 1.1 Uv Unwrap Tool