Morpher preserve UVs in 3DS Max 2016

[Anonymous]

Hello,
I would like to know if it is possible to edit an object with the tool morpher
while preserving the UVs.
Thanks for your help.

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[hagen.deloss]

Hello @Anonymous

Thanks for bringing your question to the forums, it looks like you are visiting as a new member to the 3DS Max forum. I want to extend a warm welcome to the Autodesk Community!

Yes, at least in Max 2019, its totally possible to retain a UVW map after applying a morpher modifier. What version of Max are you using currently?

Depending on how drastic the morph target mesh is, the more drastic the potential stretching would be. Here is a screenshot of what I tested.

I hope this helps, let me know if this answered your question 😄

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[Anonymous]

Hello Hagen Deloss, thank you for answering me.

The version I use is the 2016, but as you can see it seems that the UVW card does not retain.

I do not know if it is due to a bad manupulation or that I do not have the good version.

[hagen.deloss]

Hi @Anonymous

I think I have a better understanding of what your looking for. You would like the morpher tool to also change the UVW to match the morph target. I don't believe there's a way to have the UV's morph at the same time as the mesh with the morpher tool alone.

So I tested a few things. I first tested to see if you could get the desired results with keyframing the texture map itself...which is possible, but would require a lot of finesse. You would need to apply the UVW, then the morpher modifiers, and animate the UVW map by memory, which isn't ideal.

A colleague also suggested using  a camera map modifier to project the texture, but I haven't figured out how to get this to work, it still stretches with the geometry currently, I will keep you updated on if we figure out another workflow for this.

I hope some of this is helpful! I will talk to you soon.

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hello.
I found a solution to work around the problem,
As you can see below I add UVW map, I can then edit the morpher and the texture is not distorted on the object.

This system works for me, the object is only a simple surface but for those who have objects of more complex form this system does not work.

I thank you for your help.