Maya UV mapping options -

[RFairey]

I'm playing around with the UV mapping window in MAYA, (having finally worked out how to actually move these damn things called UVs). The various automatic options in maya are ok, but seem to be based on mapping against a number of planes - say 6 in a cube formation. Is there an option somewhere that will map the UVs from each polygon in a model against the plane of the polygon itself? Ie I want the texture on each face to have a 1:1 aspect ratio and not be distorted in any way. I don't care how many pieces I end up with since I intend to position each polygons UVs manually afterwards.

 

[Solve]

sounds like you 'Planar Mapping' is what you want to use.

edit polygons>texture>planar mapping

 

[RFairey]

OK - is there any easy way to select all the polygons at once, and set them this way? Planar mapping maps your selection to a single plane, so polys that are almost perpendicular to that plane get distorted mapping. I can use planar mapping individually on each one but that would take ages, I just want something quick that will set the polygons with a map that dosn't distort it, so i can just drag and rotate the polys UVs in the editor to line up with patterning on the texture.