Light Mapping Toolbox for Maya
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Quickly create lightmap UVs automatically with this handy tool in Autodesk Maya. No need to waste time going through menus or creating custom UV mapping for your mesh, generate lightmap UVs in one click.
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WARNING before using these scripts:
If you're using Maya 2018 please install service pack 6 or later
If you're using Maya 2017 please install service pack 5 or later
FEATURES:
-Toggle checker map on/off and increase/decrease checker scale
-Create lightmap UVs from your map1 UVs similar to Unreal's method
-Create lightmap UVs from normal angle if the map1 UVs aren't suitable for lightmap generation. Adjust the angle setting to increase or decrease the number of shells interactively to minimize seams
-Create lightmap UVs from normal angle doesn't require the mesh to have any usable UVs to start
-Use crease edges to guide angle based lightmap UV creation to fine tune results
-Use different checkboxes to non-destructively control how the lightmap UVs are generated
-Turn of the even texel density and orient shells checkboxes and use the layout UVs button to make per shell edits to size and rotation
-Lightmap UVs are unfolded to prevent overlap errors in Unreal and Unity
-Map1 faces that self intersect and can't be unfolded are automatic mapped to avoid errors in Unreal and Unity
-Switch all meshes in the scene between map1 UVs and lightmap UVs without having to select individual meshes
-Map size and padding drop down to space UV shells appropriately for your project
-Select all UV shells smaller than the size you specify, easily select super small shells in one click and scale them up to avoid bake errors in Unreal or Unity
-Toggle UV set editor so you can visualize how many UV sets your mesh has
-Delete lightmap UVs for the currently selected mesh with one click
-Toolbox takes up minimal screen space so you can leave it open while you work
-Free updates, includes any improvements made to the script after purchase, download the same file again to get the update
-Tested on the current version of Maya and old versions of Maya back to 2017. Also tested on Maya LT and Student
-Works on PC and Mac
-Installation and usage instructions contained in .zip file
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