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Transferring UV mapping

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#1

First of all, I am sorry to interrupt you with a question which propably has been posted here before. I have watched tutorials of UV mapping Zbrush models, basically for 3DS Max, but there’s one thing I can’t seem to understand. And that is transferring the UV mapping made with Unfold3D to an high-resolution model of same topology? I think that the high-resolution subtool has to be selected, and the Unfold3D processed model to be imported to the same subtool, but it always deforms my model in a strange way. I have succeeded in transferring the UV mapping once or twice, and I can’t seem to figure out the conditions how to do that. Would be most grateful for your insight guys.

Happy summer
Juuso Voutilainen
Northern Legend Productions

#2

Your UV mapped model must have the same number of vertices, and in the same order as the lowest subdivision level of you ZBrush model. Then what you do is:

  1. Go to the lowest subdivision level of your ZBrush model.
  2. Store a morph target by pressing Tool>Morph Target>Store MT.
  3. Import your model with UVs.
  4. Press Tool>Morph Target>Switch.

That’s it. You can then go back up the subdivision levels and continue sculpting.

Another method which you can use is with UV Master:

  1. Select the Polymesh3D Star tool in the Tool palette.
  2. Import your model with UVs.
  3. Press ZPlugin>UV Master>Copy UVs.
  4. Select your model and go to the lowest subdivision level.
  5. Press ZPlugin>UV Master>Paste UVs.
#3

Big thanks marcus_civis, the first method seemed not to work, but the one involving UV Master did the trick. Awesomeness.