Is there a way to unfold the geometry to correspond with the UV Map?

[Anonymous]

So basically the geometry reflects the flattened UV coordinates:

[sean.heasley · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous

There isn't a way to do this natively in Maya.

You would need to create a plane for example and then model it to match the design you want and then UV map it.

I'm curious though as to why you would want to do this?

[Anonymous]

Was thinking up some experimental ideas, thanks for the input!