OBJ UVs import

[hedrus]

Hi, I regularly use Maya and have been learning XSI 3.01 I want to import OBJ files WITH UVs. There is an option for it but when I import the only UVs are a new planar map in the XY. Anyone know what I could be doing wrong? Or do UVs just not import?

Hedrus

[atyss]

I don't know enough of Maya to make a reliable suggestion, but in XSI when you apply a projection and want to assign explicit UVs to the vertices, you have to freeze the projection. Maybe something like that is required in Maya in order for the UVs to be exported?

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

[hedrus]

Maya has a similar thing to freezing but that isn't the problem. It definitely is a problem on the XSI side. I can import the obj back into Maya and the texture UVs are still there. I have a few more ideas to try but if it is going to require something complicated, I'm afraid it will be beyond my current skill level.

[atyss]

Have you checked in the clusters folder of the object upon the import in XSI? In this folder there is a node called Texture_Coordinates_AUTO. Maybe your UVs are still there (they should be labelled "something (Explicit UVW)". If there is no such thing, then you can be sure that the UVs didn't make it to XSI.

You should give a shot to the dotXSI export instead of OBJ.

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

[deathrasher]

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