uv-unwrapping a wavefront(.obj) file

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#1

Hi there, to the blender artists community, I’m new to your site as far as posting goes but i have been following it for some time now and has helped me a lot in some difficult tasks i had to complete. Here comes the problem then, i have been sent a .obj file by one of my friends to use in one of my projects. It is literally all tris, i tried using the “tris to quads” function but it is still a mesh. I want to unwrap it the best way possible, is there any other way than smart_uv project? I want to avoid the numerous seams it will create in order to texture it. Any help will be really appreciated.

Thank you in advance for the help!

#2

You can unwrap it manually, use short path selection, select a vertex hold ctrl then select an other vertex keep going, then mark seams

#3

Thank you for the replies guys and the tips of course! I will inform you of any progress or potential success happens.

#4

if you include a few screen shots it would help

depending on just WHAT shape it is
dictates HOW the mapping is done

#5

Yes you are right John, i swamped and i totally forgot that! it is a skeleton of a horse! here it is. Its head, spine, pelvis and tail consist of one part, its jaw another and finally its legs are individual parts as well.

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It is a bit a crud way but i started bit by bit making the tris into quads manually it will take a bit of time but i think i can do it. I hope i clarified everything better this time. Thanks again of everyone’s help

#6

Sorry for not replying for so many days but i got so wrapped up on work that i totally forgot! It was a bit hard but i did it, i manually made all the tris into quads, at least most of them, some where on the spine and and i decided to leave it alone cause it wouldn’t affect the end result. Then i cut the model in half and mirrored it and unwrapping it was far easier than expected it. I wanted to let you know, thanks again for your help!