Quality of Life Enhancement Device for Computer ArtistsRoadkill
If a good proportion of your life is spent texture mapping polygon meshes, then you should probably install Roadkill. The latest version is a standalone application that can be called from Maya, 3DS Max and now Softimage XSI (link is currently dead).
Have a look at the first Roadkill example movie to get a good idea of it's usage. If you find this software useful please tell us and provide links to example images. You could also mirror some of our example movies. Roadkill is free software released under the GNU license.
为何要用Roadkill UV Tool对于“Roadkill UV Tool”,是一个非常小巧的免费贴图软件(目前只有1.3M),可以单独安装也可以把原代码嵌入软件。功能还是非常强大,我最早在YouTube上看到演示视频,后来发现可以应用到Maya、SketchUp、3D Max等软件。特别是结合SketchUp的Ruby工具——“SketchUV”的使用,让SketchUp的贴图赋予给其更强大生命力。我们在使用SketchUV插件的时候会发现有一个“Export UVs(导出贴图坐标)”和“Import UVs(导入贴图坐标)”,如何选择导出贴图将会以OBJ格式文件导出,那这个OBJ文件如何打开?如何进行编辑调整呢?就可以利用到Roadkill UV Tool。
如何使用Roadkill UV ToolRoadkill UV Tool在配合SketchUV插件使用是比较简单的,导入OBJ文件后在“Edge Mode”菜单下找到“Select”选项,然后选择窗口中的对象。选择好后再选择“Edge Mode”菜单下的“Weld Selected”,那现在坐标基本上就调整好了。然后再“UV Mode”菜单下选择“Select”选项,调整位置和大小就可以了……总之,如果您想在SketchUp软件里面把贴图用得更高级一点呢,这个软件我是推荐你安装的。关于更详细的操作方法请您移步到我撰写的《SketchUV(UV贴图工具)》一文。
Downloads For WindowsMaya
Update 26/06/2013
Roadkill 1.1 Tested on Maya 2013 and 2014 running on Windows 7 https://www.box.com/s/sefdd1de1jal0jxdfua9
Roadkill 1.1 (RC2) PC Source Code http://www.box.net/shared/static/gqlk7hi5ia.zip
Copy RoadKill.mel from the installation directory
C:\Program Files (x86)\Roadkill1_1
and paste into your user's Maya script folder
e.g. C:\Users\your_user_name\Documents\maya\2013-x64\scripts