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Overlapping UVs for duplicate geometry - only sculpt onto one set?

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#1

Hello, I’m new to zbrush and I’m hoping someone can help me with this.

I’ve created a winged character in maya and I need each wing to be identical, so I’ve overlapped the UVs for each wing, one set directly on top of another.

My question is, if I intend to generate a normal map from zbrush after sculpting this model, should I only sculpt onto one of the wings to avoid duplicating and overlapping two sets of sculpted effects onto one area of the map?

Hope that makes sense!

#2

yep, you got it. if you have the overlapping UV’s Zmapper can get confused which piece goes where. So yeah, only bring in one, and sculpt on that.

#3

Thanks! Thought I’d better check - it’s so easy to get things hideously wrong when learning a new program!