UVW Maps

[glorybound]

There has to be a way! let's say I have 100 fence pickets. Each picket I want to apply a UVW to fit each picket, and not all the pickets as one large selection.

[Neilg]

scale it to the general size you want, press make unique and then use the mass randomizer script to randomly offset them.

If it's a map customized for the picket and doesn't need to be offset you should have used instances.

[3DMK]

Have a look on scriptspot Bobby as I am sure I saw I script there to do do just what you want.

[samuel_bubat]

If they are instanced, just select one picket and not all, apply an UVW modifier and will fit to those picket but is also applied correctly to all other instances.

[tiw]

Check "Use pivot" in the modifier list and then apply the UVW map.

[YoyoBoy]

Wow! I never heard of this "Use Pivot Points" thing. How long have we had that?

[Pixelcon]

Same! Love finding new (but probably super old) tricks like this

Wow! I never heard of this "Use Pivot Points" thing. How long have we had that?

[glorybound]

Where is "use pivot", I didn't see it.

[YoyoBoy]

If you have more than one object selected, you will see it at the top of the modifier drop-down list. When you have only one object selected it is grayed out.

[trixian]

Hmm. That was a new one for me too. What is its function.....can't find anything in the docs.

[glorybound]

screen shot please, I can't find it.

[cheerioboy]

screen shot please, I can't find it.

Honestly I've never seen it before either until it was mentioned in this thread.

[glorybound]

okay, thanks. I wasn't looking there.

[Seraph135]

Hmm. That was a new one for me too. What is its function.....can't find anything in the docs.

http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/16/E...ber=d30e229838

[bardo]

Honestly I've never seen it before either until it was mentioned in this thread.

Me too...and after looking into the manual I've had difficulties to find it...
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