I think since 2014 unfold can be used to pack existing uvs
El mar 25, 2014 5:24 AM, "Martin Yara" <furik...@gmail.com> escribió:

> Unfold doesn't pack existing Unique UVs, it only packs UV islands that has
> been created with Unfold.
>
> One trick I use sometimes is:
>
> - Create an Edge cluster with all the UV islands borders:
> select an island with comp.sync in polygon, select its borders with
> rctools and create a cluster. Repeat the process with all islands
>
> - Copy your existing UVs to the new Unfold UV.
> Copy & Paste within the Texture Editor
>
> - Apply Unfold, select edge cluster components and add them to the Unfold
> Cut Line. This may fool Unfold to make it think your Copy&Pasted UVs are
> Unfold UVs.
>
> - Now play with the Packing options in the Unfold Op PPG. If you are
> lucky, it may work.
>
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:29 AM, David Rivera <
> activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone. I saw a video (i think it was the new features on 2012)
>> where they showed how to
>> pack uvs. I remember there was a bunch of elephants, and the guy
>> explaining grabbed all of them
>> and arranged them for uv packing from the unfold menu.
>>
>> I have not seen that video again. Today I needed to recreate that
>> workflow for a bunch of objects tied
>> together on a single proyection (pack uvs) and the only thing I found was
>> this:
>> http://www.screencast.com/t/yWkUipBZvkv
>>
>> But I know that other uv packing video with the elephants it´s out there
>> on youtube, but I can´t seem
>> to find it.
>>
>> Could anyone point me in the right direction with the name of the video
>> or at least a close result
>> to show how the UV packing from the unfold menu works?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> *David Rivera*
>> *3D Compositor/Animator*
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>>
>
>

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