Exporting solid UV shells

[HeavyMetalFox]

The UV snapshot options in May are very limited, I am looking for a way to be able to export "solid" UV shells where they have on color inside of them (no wireframe) for 3d painting purposes, is there  a way to do that?

[mihirsbcc]

What you mean by Solid UV shells?

[HeavyMetalFox]

something like this:

[mihirsbcc]

Since you are 3d printing, how UV matters for print?

[mihirsbcc]

there might be a script somewhere. default Maya i don't think it is there.

[mihirsbcc]

However you can make each shell have a different color. But when you export UV snapshot the wire frame will be on top of the color.

[HeavyMetalFox]

how can I did you assign the colors to the shells?
And were you able to export the snapshot with the colors?

[mihirsbcc]

well color is in the option there. but i did not export the color. I may try later

multicolor-shell

[HeavyMetalFox]

ok got ya.
but couldn't export the colors.

[mihirsbcc]

You may look for some UV scripts free at highend3d.com Maya scripts and plugins. Last time I had a app ROADKILL for Maya. I think that one does bi default.  If I were you then I will look for 3rd party free scripts.

[mspeer]

Hi!

@HeavyMetalFox  and @mihirsbcc 

You can't export colors with the UV Snapshot Tool.

The only option (besides taking a screenshot) is to bake the colors to a texture, for example by using

Arnold -> Utilities -> Render Selection to Textures (with Extend Edges disabled), this does produce the output as requested.

[mihirsbcc]

screen shots is my usual path.

[HeavyMetalFox]

when I do that I am getting a transparent EXR texture.
Can you please post a video showing your workflow?

[mspeer]

Hi!

There will be an alpha information written with white where there is something and black where there is no color information. You could even directly use the alpha/transparency information, but when you skip this you get the color from the object + black (empty).

There are just 2 steps:

1. Select the object.

2. Render Selection to Texture

Please provide a scene-file, one step before you use Render Selection to Texture.

[HeavyMetalFox]

tried with not much success

[mspeer]

Hi!

This works, I am 100% sure.

If it does not work for you, please provide the Maya scene-file and your EXR image file.

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Here 2 screenshots, one before baking the texture and one after baking, so this seems to be exactly what you requested.

[HeavyMetalFox]

Great and thanks alot!
Now is there a way to make the wireframe show?
I am doing this because I need this map in Unity and the UV snapshot tool in Maya generates jagged lines (even with anti AA turned on)

[HeavyMetalFox]

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