Ballistic Shield: UVMapping With The Unwrap UVW Modifier In 3ds Max

Ballistic Shield: UVMapping With The Unwrap UVW Modifier In 3ds Max

on Oct 21st 2011 with 8 comments
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series 'Ballistic Shield'

Today in part 2 of the Ballistic Shield project we’ll use Max’s built in Unwrap UVW modifier to lay down mapping coordinates on our optimized model. We’ll mainly use a combination of the ‘Convert Edge Selection To Seams’ function and Pelt mapping to unwrap each and every piece of the model before organizing our UVs, and doing a final pack. Along the way we’ll speed things up by using some of the new UV tools offered in 3d Studio Max 2012.

Part 1

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Part 2

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Part 3

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Ben is one half (literally) of the editor duo here at Cgtuts+. Ben has over eight years of experience in the computer graphics field and although he's primarily a hard surface modeler, he's also experienced in the fields of uvmapping, texturing, lighting and rendering. He has authored many tutorials and training materials focused on 3d Studio Max and hard surface modeling. You can check out Ben's website at bentateonline.com to see more of his work.  

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Discussion 8 Comments

  1. Richard. C says:
    October 22, 2011 at 7:56 am

    Have been following your riot shield tutorials and can honestly say they’re amazing. Very straight forward and easy to follow/understand. I’m currently doing a 3d course and have learnt more from your video’s than I have from my course materials! Thanks alot Ben, keep them coming :) Really appreciate the time and effort you put into it.

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  2. Luis says:
    October 22, 2011 at 9:27 am

    Hello Ben! thanks for sharing this… I beginner in unwrap with max, I think are very usefull

    Greetings!.

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  3. Daniel says:
    October 22, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    is the modeling part already finished??

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  4. Carlos says:
    October 23, 2011 at 1:17 am

    Oh my god, very good,
    you will also teach the texture?

    sorry, flood,
    google translate!! rsrsrs

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  5. Iani Stoianov says:
    November 5, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    Its a lot harder for the people who dont use 2012 version to follow along the mapping process.

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  6. gogita says:
    December 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    Very good lesson

    Reply

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