{"id":4303,"date":"2023-04-14T14:31:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=4303"},"modified":"2024-08-23T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:06:30","slug":"rail-uv","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/?knowledgebase=rail-uv","title":{"rendered":"Rail UV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-divi-layout\">[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Rail UV helps you create flat and evenly distributed UVs for objects such as tubes, roads, paths, etc.<br \/>it is a great help when you want to animate textures along UV or when using tile textures.<\/p>\n<p>Using Rail UV is quite simple, just select an edge loop that goes across your model (where you want the UV seam to be) and then run Rail UV<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/cgelementary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/railUVSeam2.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;railUVSeam2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>If your object has an open start and end, you can just select a loop along its length.<\/p>\n<p>However, if your object has a closed cap, you should also select edges around the start and end of the object.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[129],"class_list":["post-4303","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-modeling_tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/4303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5426,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/4303\/revisions\/5426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fknowledgebase_cat&post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}