One Easy Trick for Creating UV Map Trail Meshes in Maya

As VFX Artists, we know how tedious it can be to get a flat grid from a loopy, windy mesh.

Here's a technique we use in Maya to make the process more painless!

How to Create UV Map Trail Meshes in Maya

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Here's how to do it in a way that's quick and painless!
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1. Select your trail mesh, Open the UV Editor and hit Modify -> Unitize
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2. Select All of the edges in your trail then Ctrl-Double-Click any of the outside edges to deselect just the border.
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3. Hit Cut / Sew -> Stitch Together
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4. Optionally grab your entire UV Hull and hit Modify -> Normalize to make it 0-1

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And that's it!

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