Cool video, Will! Regarding Direction Guides, then there are indeed a few caveats at the moment. One of them (that you ran into a number of times) is that Seams and Direction Guides cannot be coincident. So Direction Guides won't produce good results when they are on the border between two Charts. Another one is that Direction Guides that cross Seams won't work well. In your L-shaped sample model, your best bet right now is to split the front, back and rim surfaces into three separate parts. That way, you can use Unwrap UV on each individual surface and draw a Direction Guide that runs along the outer edges, resulting in an unwrapping without (or with minimal) distortions. Make sure to keep the exact same 'Base UV Size' when unwrapping multiple parts that are supposed to have the same linked material, in order to ensure uniform texture scaling. There's much more to discuss... Let's perhaps do that at KeyShot World next month. :)

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dries! Great to have clarification on some of these. And while this video wasn’t intended to be a tutorial, I did stumble across these points you make here after I continued to explore the new tool. I’m going to make a proper tutorial on this when I’m able to and would love any input or recommendations. Thanks so much for your comment. Look forward to seeing you at KeyShot World!

I like the way you explored different options, this is better than a tutorial where you start with the right approach! When the user/student goes to try what they learned, they stumble upon problems that they can't fix, while watching THIS kind of video teaches how to approach unwrapping differently until getting it right. Loved the video and just subscribed to your awesome channel! Please do one video about Displacement same way you did here, let's go through some options! ;)

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's a balance. Not everyone has the patience to watch me fumble around!

Don't worry about the length, it's ok. Such a patient video really helps me learn from the details. THX, Will Gibbons

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know!

Don't worry about the lenght, I think is okay, we can scroll through the video to the parts that we might feel more interesting, is a bit more tedious for the viewer but the positive point is that we won't miss a thing :)

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. That helps!

KS adding a UV unwrap is VERY welcome! I've been going back and forth between apps, hell I even use a very sloppy method of opening my model in Sketchup and using a UV unwrap plugin that's very buggy - to then reimport back into KS, this is SUCH a time saver!!!!!! So often we'd end up doing wild and crazy distortions in photoshop of a label or displacement map, no more!

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. I'm excited for it, even if it needs some improvements.

THANK YOU! you made my day

Thanks for the video Will, you saved me learning time, I hope Keyshot can have the capabilities of UVLayout.

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I've got some more learning on this topic tbh. Still, it's a start.

I don't mind this format for videos on new features added to KeyShot. It helps me understand better how it works by seeing how it doesn't work... if that makes sense. In other words, by you fumbling through it and learning as you go, it means I don't have to (as much as I would've otherwise).

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

Please more videos like this exploration!

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

Okay!

THANK YOU

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

WELCOME

Tip- If you’re modeling your cables with a extrude tool use a sweep tool for clean UVs in KeyShot.

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Mostly. Issue is you will get patches if your cable profile is not a perfect circle. Also, you’ll get stretching and pinching even with a perfect circular profile, but in a pinch, you’re right. It’ll be pretty close.

1 hour, Will. Yes! Can almost watch your hair double in length 😉

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

lol. don't get too excited. It's rather clumsy. I'll be doing a proper tut soon. I learned a lot after this video while I spent about 2 hours trying to unwrap an object over and over and learned a few things along the way.,

Looks like your planned tutorial on unwrapping in Blender is still actual. Those tool in KS is very promising, but for now it's functionality is very unpredictable. Fusion models done with freeform tesselate almost well in KS (except you add bevels or other features to them in solid environment), i've used it for rendering cables.

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. I imagine there are optimal methods to use the UV unwrap in KeyShot 9.1. Once following those steps, I imagine it gets more predictable and useful!

Be great if this work's well ...it is crazy when you have max or rhino etc installed to just deal with UVs lol thanks good look at the new tool👍

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Has a ways to go, but hoping to see improvements.

Good to see the raw process. I'm wondering what's your typical work flow is like using Blender and how the logic is differet from Keyshot UV unwrapping?

@WillGibbons

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much model the parts in Blender that will need unwrapping. Can't model anything in KeyShot.

Thanks for the exploration! An tiny question, do you think it is possible to do some baking UV unwrapped texture to 2D image file with Keyshot 9 ? thanks

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think that's a feature in KeyShot. Sorry.

Hey Will, when you're doing the hockey stick shape and attempting to get the direction to flow around the edge, I believe it is working as you want, but the overlay with the seam is causing visibility issues. @44:44, you accidentally click on the front face and a green line does come off the red as you want. Have you tried that one again and just going through as you want, ignoring that it appears to go backward? The green dotted line suggested route might be more confusing.

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. You’re correct. Since posting this video, I’ve already learned more.

Nice Will! One question! Does it break the link with the CAD model? Can you update the CAD model and preserve the UVs on the model? Of course it would probably be lost on the updated parts.. but wanting to know if the other models maintain the link! If so it would be extremely powerful when polished

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Great question. Can’t say I know for sure, but I would imagine it’s the other way around. Ex, a cad model update pushed to KeyShot via plugin would break the UV assignment you create in KS. Hope that makes sense. Also, I haven’t tested this yet.

@Sorenfroststaal

4 жыл бұрын

Will Gibbons Yup! Really hoping they will be able to isolate the parts of the model not updated, otherwise it is a dealbreaker for me and I will continue using Blender for that part:)

Is there a way to export flattened surface textures from Keyshot? In case not, do you know which other software could do the trick? Basically I'd like to add materials in Keyshot, and then be able to export the textures afterwards with the flattened surfaces. Not sure if it makes any sense, as it is new to me. :)

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm. Maybe, but not exactly... why do you want this and how do you plan to use them?

@Mer134

4 жыл бұрын

@@WillGibbons it's for a client. As I can see, they currently have some 3D models with flattened out textures in USDZ file format, which enable architects to use them in certain argumented reality apps.

Hi Will, can you explein the issue when you do UV unwrap, "unwrapp shell" and all the surface became white? Thank you

@WillGibbons

Жыл бұрын

Well, a shell is a simple form (like a sphere cut in half) and I think I tried a form that was too complex and the results were not correct.

Hi thank you for your tut. Is there anyway to transfer a UV map to photoshop from Keyshot?

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

Nope! I don't believe so. Why would you want to do that? There may be a better approach.

@chrysokerux

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillGibbons I realised that I was working backwards. I guess the correct workflow is preparing asset and UV unwrapping in another program and then bring it into keyshot. I wanted to paint some dark grooves for example in crevaces of rocks in a Keyshot file I received from a colleague. As you mentioned it's impossible to export any maps from keyshot so I'm guessing the proper way is to bring it in all ready in the first place

can someone please tell me what is the shortcut to turn all background black ? i find myself every day make the same process and i want to save some time ...

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure I understand the question. You can hit 'c' on the keyboard to make it all white... then, in your environment settings, change the color from white to black by clicking the color swatch and changing it to black. You could go so far as to save this .bip file and in the preferences change the 'startup file' to this newly saved .bip file and it will launch as the starting point every time you open KeyShot. If that's not what you are asking, then I'm not sure.

@psyganesho

4 жыл бұрын

​@@WillGibbons yes i learn on your video i can simple put white background pressing (c) key. i want to know if i can do the same just pressing one key to turn black to save me some time instead go all the time to environment settings. i use black screen all the time becouse i save all my renders in png (transparent background) so every time i make a new project i have to put the same anoying setings on environment. thank you for the reply and great video by the way =)

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

@@psyganesho Ah, sorry. There's no way to do what you asked.

@aeonjoey3d

4 жыл бұрын

@@psyganesho What I would do is create a template file for yourself with the black background already enabled. and then use that .BIP file as a launcher for Keyshot instead of launching the app from it's normal .app/.exe - that way you'll always be in your black background file and any import will go right into it. just always remember to Save As.

@psyganesho

4 жыл бұрын

@@aeonjoey3d that is a good idea thank you , the ony problem is must of the times i use cinema 4D bridge do keyshot on my works .

Hi Will Gibbons I have a proble in keyshort, can you help me to solve problem . when i import the model from Maya to keyshort then i import the texture to model and it's show the popup the screen that (Object pasted [8] is missing UV coordinates needed by material Aluminum Polished #1). can you help me to solve the problem.

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure. I've never used Maya. Are there export options in Maya that you need to do to make sure UVs are exported with the model?

@hemantlonkar7116

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillGibbons Thank you for repealing my issues in keyshort but I also Export the Maya fbx file In substance painter. I Texture in it then I open in keyshort it shows the error. Then after I also re-export the file from Maya I show the same error from the file. or can I send my FBX file to you so you can see it or give me any solutions for the file or something? to solve

I am using 3070ti for Key short 10 but not supportive any one can help me for this?

@WillGibbons

2 жыл бұрын

You can learn more about that here: www.keyshot.com/system-requirements/ You may need to update the GPU driver.

There's Headus UV layout app to unwrap

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

Does it work with NURBS data? Will check it out.

@ottoconceptart895

4 жыл бұрын

@@WillGibbons kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJ-fmqmogZrNZqQ.html

Think this is already possible in Rhino... before you export.. so what is point? Is it just a different workflow?

@esbenoxholm

4 жыл бұрын

It's a nice add on for users of KeyShot who doesn't have unwrapping available in the CAD software they use. Not all use Rhino ;)

@rfollett01

4 жыл бұрын

@@esbenoxholm yes - sorry - everyone should use Rhino!

@WillGibbons

4 жыл бұрын

I’m with Esben. I’m not looking to pick up Rhino for its UV tools.

@esbenoxholm

4 жыл бұрын

@@rfollett01 Haha, well every tool has pro's and con's :)

@willmonson5691

4 жыл бұрын

@@rfollett01 I use Rhino for its UV unwrap, among many other things. It works well except for one thing... scale. When I unwrap an object, I can get it to flow pretty much how I want it, but it's never to 1:1 scale, and I have no idea how to adjust it after the fact. Because of that, any materials I use in KeyShot (that are 1:1 scale) have to be scaled to some ridiculous number.