Can you copy UVW mapping from one object to another?

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Can you copy UVW mapping from one object to another?

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yah, you just add UVW modifier, and click acquire, and it will allow you to select another object.

Thanks for the help, but I already tried that and it doesn't seem to work correctly... maybe I should explain.
I've got a mesh mapped with several different UVW maps. (some planar and cylindrical).
After mapping everything, I then went in to UVW Unwrap and laid out all my UVWs.

Now I have a different mesh (with a similar shape as the previous) that I want to map.
Is there any way to transfer (copy) all the UVW Unwrap work I've done from one mesh onto another one?
Thanks again!!

you can copy/paste modifiers such as UVW Mapping by right clicking on the selected modifier in the stack....although i'm not sure this will necessarily work in your scenario

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Can you copy UVW mapping from one object to another?

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Are you putting the different UV maps in different channels? What about making duplicates of your object, each one with a unique UV map - and then acquire each map independantly?

In addition, Unwrap UVW has a Save... and a Load... button. These let you write the UVs to a disk file and load in another Unwrap UVW, even in a different scene. But the topology will probably have to be the same (same vertex/faces count). If your new object is based on the original one and just vertices have been moved around, this method might help. Note that Unwrap UVW works on a single channel, so you might need multiple to transfer all channels.

It is of course also possible to write a quick script to copy the UVs, but it would have the same restictions regarding topology.




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