Copying and Pasting Sample Points
In the Texture Editor, you can copy and paste selections of sample points from one texture projection to another or within one texture projection. Though the process is the same for both polygon and NURBS models, the outcomes are quite different.
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• You cannot copy and paste sample points between separate instances of Softimage. • Copying and pasting sample points selected as polygons between objects is unsupported, meaning that it might work but you can get unexpected results in some cases, particularly if there have been changes which cause edge indices to be re-ordered. In these cases, you can try using GATOR to transfer UVs (see Attribute Transfer [Modeling and Deformation Basics]). |
Copying and Pasting Points Using Polygon Models
When you’re copying and pasting points within a single texture projection on a polygon model, the sample points of the first polygon in the target selection are matched one-for-one with the sample points of the source polygon. The sample points of additional polygons in the target selection are evenly distributed along the source polygon’s last edge.
To copy points within a projection
1. From the Texture Editor workspace, select a polygon. If you select more than one polygon, only the sample points of the first selected polygon is copied.
2. Press Ctrl+c to copy the points or choose Edit > Copy UVs from the command bar.
3. Make a second selection of sample points. These points are scaled and translated to fit into the bounding area of the polygon that you just copied.
4. Press Ctrl+v to paste the points or choose Edit > Paste UVs from the command bar.
Copying and Pasting Points Using NURBS Models
When you’re working with a NURBS model, copying and pasting points within a single texture projection scales and translates the target selection of sample points to fit the bounding area of the source selection. Copying and pasting between different texture projections copies each point, one-for-one, from the source projection to the target projection.
To copy points within a projection for NURBS
1. From the Texture Editor workspace, select a group of sample points.
2. Press Ctrl+c to copy the points or choose Edit > Copy UVs from the command bar.
3. Make a second selection of sample points. These points are scaled and translated to fit into the bounding area of the points that you just copied.
4. Press Ctrl+v to paste the points or choose Edit > Paste UVs from the command bar.
Copying and Pasting Points between Projections
Copying and pasting between different texture projections copies each point, one-for-one, from the source projection to the target projection.
To copy and paste points between projections
1. From the Texture Editor workspace, select a group of sample points.
2. Press Ctrl+c to copy the points or choose Edit > Copy UVs from the command bar.
3. Do one of the following:
- Display one or more target texture projections from the UVs menu. (Press Shift when clicking a projection to display multiple projections.)
- If multiple projections are already displayed and you don’t want to paste to all of them, select one or more samples in all of the target projections.
4. Press Ctrl+v to paste the points or choose Edit > Paste UVs from the command bar.
Copying and Pasting Among Multiple UV Sets
You can copy UV coordinates only from a single set, not from multiple projections.
When copying:
• If individual samples are selected, then their UV coordinates are copied.
• Otherwise if no samples are selected, then the entire UV set is copied.
When pasting:
• If samples are selected and they are in the same UV set, a special heuristic is used that respects the order of UVs in the polygons.
• If samples are selected in one or more other UV sets when pasting, the copied UV values are pasted to those sets based on UV indices (not the actual samples selected).
• If no samples are selected, the copied UV values are pasted by index to all UV displayed UV sets.
Autodesk Softimage v.7.5