OK, I think I'm missing somthing. Probablie very obvios. In Wings3D, I can UV map an object, but what do I do if I want more than one object to share the same UV space? Is there some way to link the objects into 1 UV map? Or even some way to link objects (cause i havn't noticed one).
Chears!
aGorm
Wings Help
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It's pretty easy. Cut your model into halves (use the edge tool, connect and loop cut), delete one half, flatten the big face which you just created.
Now delete everything else which can be cloned, e.g. if you have 6 barrels on a chaingun delete 5 of them, if you have four same wings on a plane delete three of them. Now go uvmapping all your parts.
After you're done mirror the huge face on the model to set it back together, but now it's fully UV mapped thanks to mirroring. The remaining stuff needs to be duplicated and always flipped on X (or Z, depending on rotation) and then moved to negated X (or Z) positions of the other part using absolute movement. This means go check out the coords of the other part and use the same only negated on the cloned and flipped part. Saves time.
The outcome is a fully UV mapped model. Don't forget to use absolute positioning to position the finished model part (which was cut in halves) back into the center. Well you only need to do that if you want your models technically 100% perfect (well I do that). It won't be visible neither in upspring nor spring, only if you're really sloppy
About linking (or stitching) parts together, select an edge in UV mode and use stitch from the context menu. For example when you've got the top and bottom of somewthing UV mapped (both maps are identical) you can flip one part and stitch them back together on an edge where they connect on the model. Now they are linked and share the same space. Stitch more edges together if they touch each other on more than one though. Oh well I do that, no idea if it's necessary.
Now delete everything else which can be cloned, e.g. if you have 6 barrels on a chaingun delete 5 of them, if you have four same wings on a plane delete three of them. Now go uvmapping all your parts.
After you're done mirror the huge face on the model to set it back together, but now it's fully UV mapped thanks to mirroring. The remaining stuff needs to be duplicated and always flipped on X (or Z, depending on rotation) and then moved to negated X (or Z) positions of the other part using absolute movement. This means go check out the coords of the other part and use the same only negated on the cloned and flipped part. Saves time.
The outcome is a fully UV mapped model. Don't forget to use absolute positioning to position the finished model part (which was cut in halves) back into the center. Well you only need to do that if you want your models technically 100% perfect (well I do that). It won't be visible neither in upspring nor spring, only if you're really sloppy
About linking (or stitching) parts together, select an edge in UV mode and use stitch from the context menu. For example when you've got the top and bottom of somewthing UV mapped (both maps are identical) you can flip one part and stitch them back together on an edge where they connect on the model. Now they are linked and share the same space. Stitch more edges together if they touch each other on more than one though. Oh well I do that, no idea if it's necessary.
