Texture Coordinates

Texture Coordinates

Texture coordinates, also called UVs, are pairs of numbers stored in the vertices of a mesh, and often used to stretch a 2D texture onto a 3D mesh.

UV Tutorials

• Unwrapping a sphere thread on Polycount. Methods for UVing spheres. For sphere modeling tips see Sphere Topology.
• UV Theory thread on Polycount. How to plan good UVs.
• uv + turbosmooth= big problem thread on Polycount. How to prevent 3ds Max subdivision from distorting UVs. Similar thread Best way to approach unwrapping UVWs with Meshsmooth?
• Image:TextureCoordinates/attachments/uv_maya-auto-uv-network.png|attachment:uvtut_3dprojectionnetwork.jpg 3D UV projection network in Maya by Paul 'prolow' Lohman
• First-Person Weapon UVs by Joe 'EarthQuake' Wilson
• See also Light Map Texture Coordinates

UV Tools

3ds Max

• TexTools
• turboTools
• Normalize UVs Maxscipt
• LCSM Unwrap
• 3ds Max Bridge to Headus UV Layout
• 3ds Max Bridge to Roadkill
• morphMap

Maya

• Maya Bridge to Headus UV Layout
• Texturing Scripts on CreativeCrash.com
• Castor Lee's Auto UV Mapper

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