Elaborating, the fact that a common feature has some extra functionality related to Blender specific design is not a good reason to get "creative" about such common names. Blender's vertex/edge/faces can store other data too, however this is secondary, no need to name them something fancy because of that right? and this last years a lot of effort has been made into streamlining blender in this sense. It's easier to explain that our UV maps can also store image links for use in X and Y feature in the game engine or what ever than coming out with a new name just because of some extra functionality.
cheers Daniel Salazar 3Developer.com On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com <zan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Frankly i couldn't care less about the face texture assignment, it's > only used by legacy features AFAIK. UV Map is the generic name that > anyone recognizes. > > You would need to give strong reasons NOT to use the generic name of a > feature so common in CG, not the other way around!! Start simple, if > really needed change it the least possible. We are not alone in the CG > world neither invented UV Mapping ;) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_mapping > > Daniel Salazar > 3Developer.com > > > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Gaia Clary > <gaia.cl...@machinimatrix.org> wrote: >> In fact it is NOT a UV Map. The construct is more a container which >> contains >> a UV Map and a set of textures, so: >> >> UV Layer = 1 UVMap + n Texture(s) >> >> That's why its not called "UV Map". So what would be a better name then ? >> maybe "UVContainer" comes to mind. But that's also questionable IMHO. >> >> BTW i meanwhile have added the Patch to the patch tracker as proposed by >> Ideasman_42: >> >> http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=29336&group_id=9&atid=127 >> >> There is a bit more of explanation. >> -gaia- >> >> Am 20.11.2011 17:01, schrieb Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com: >>> I think the correct term is uv map, uv maps cant be layered so why >>> naming them like that? There can be *multiple* UV maps of course but >>> they have no relation between them. The relation is defined in their >>> usage, let it be textures that can be layered of course or any other >>> type of usage for a UV map. >>> >>> If UVs are layers, why arent vgroups layers too? Also why not stick to >>> what is the standard terminology? >>> >>> I don't know if you see my point or i need to explain my self better >>> >>> good day >>> >>> Daniel Salazar >>> 3Developer.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Gaia Clary >>> <gaia.cl...@machinimatrix.org> wrote: >>>> I believe that the term "UVTexture Layer" and related terms are a bit >>>> confusing on the User interface level. So i created a patch which >>>> renames some GUI elements: >>>> >>>> http://www.pasteall.org/26581 >>>> >>>> In particular: >>>> >>>> "UV Texture" -> "UV Layer" (text label) >>>> "UVTex" -> "UVLayer" (default name of new UVLayer) >>>> >>>> "UV Texture Layer" -> "UV Layer" >>>> "Name of UV unwrapping layer" -> "Name of UV Layer" >>>> "Active UV Texture" -> "Active UV Layer" >>>> "Active UV Texture Index" -> "Active UV layer Index""Add UV texture >>>> layer" -> "Add UV layer" >>>> "Assign Image to UV Texture" -> "Assign Image to UV Layer" >>>> "Remove UV texture layer" -> "Remove UV Layer" >>>> >>>> I hesitate to add this patch to the patch tracker because it may not be >>>> acurate or even wrong. Hence i ask for your feedback on this. >>>> >>>> thanks a lot >>>> -gaia- >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers