Automatic Unwrapping of multiple objects in different groups doesn't work

Automatic Unwrapping of multiple objects in different groups doesn't work

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Automatic Unwrapping of multiple objects in different groups doesn't work

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I have hundreds of objects which I select and then click "UV>Automatic".

It doesn't do anything except give me the error message:

 

// Error: line 0: Doesn't work with multiple objects selected.

 

The objects I select are inside different groups in different positions in hierarchy. The automatic function does work fine when I only perform it on a single object and when I perform it on the same selection of my hundred of objects but when I first moved them all to the same hierarchy level outside of all groups or inside one single group. That seems absurd to me. So my question is:

 

How can I create automatic UVs for all these hundreds of objects in different groups all in one go? I don't want to select each one by hand and click Automatic and then do the same on the next and keep doing this hundreds of times.

 

Am I doing something wrong or is that another one of Mayas brilliant features that has not been addressed in 20 years?

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stuzzz
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Hi,

 

The error message is quite self explanatory. It works with a single selectin

Here's a workaround.

 

duplicate all the concerned geos.

combine them

make an automatic UV

Then Mesh->transfer the UV with the options bellow

stuzzz_0-1588861668440.png

delete the combined mesh after deleting the history

 

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mspeer
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Hi!

What Maya version are you using?

I tested UV -> Automatic with many objects in different groups in Maya 2020.1 and it works without any problems.