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# Open up another window next to the '''Properties Tab''' by pulling on one of the stripped triangles in the top corner | # Open up another window next to the '''Properties Tab''' by pulling on one of the stripped triangles in the top corner | ||
# In the new window, click on the Properties button under the '''Project Outline''', choose '''UV/Image Editor''' | # In the new window, click on the Properties button under the '''Project Outline''', choose '''UV/Image Editor''' | ||
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# Click on the mesh you want to check first (to be on the safe side go through each mesh one by one) | # Click on the mesh you want to check first (to be on the safe side go through each mesh one by one) | ||
# Hit '''TAB''' to go into '''Edit mode''' | # Hit '''TAB''' to go into '''Edit mode''' | ||
# Click on the vertical '''Helpers tab''' and make sure that the '''Select All Problems''' box is checked | # Click on the vertical '''Helpers tab''' and make sure that the '''Select All Problems''' box is checked | ||
# Click on '''Check UV Triangles''' | # Click on '''Check UV Triangles''' | ||
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# At the very top of Blender, you'll see a notification telling you how many UV problems were found. They will also highlight them in orange on your mesh and in the graph on the right | # At the very top of Blender, you'll see a notification telling you how many UV problems were found. They will also highlight them in orange on your mesh and in the graph on the right | ||
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# To the left of your model, you'll see '''Remove Doubles''' in the '''Tools tab''' | # To the left of your model, you'll see '''Remove Doubles''' in the '''Tools tab''' | ||
# Click on it and you'll see a message at the top, ''Removed 0 vertices'' because the merge distance is too short to combine any of the overlapping vertices | # Click on it and you'll see a message at the top, ''Removed 0 vertices'' because the merge distance is too short to combine any of the overlapping vertices | ||
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# Keep an eye on your mesh and make sure it's not getting too distorted | # Keep an eye on your mesh and make sure it's not getting too distorted | ||
# After each vertex removal/merge, select and deselect (CTRL-A in edit mode) the mesh and repeat the earlier steps of '''Check UV Triangles''' and '''Remove Doubles''' of vertices | # After each vertex removal/merge, select and deselect (CTRL-A in edit mode) the mesh and repeat the earlier steps of '''Check UV Triangles''' and '''Remove Doubles''' of vertices | ||
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# Not all UV errors will show up on the graph, so keep an eye on the notification at the top that tells you how many UV errors you have | # Not all UV errors will show up on the graph, so keep an eye on the notification at the top that tells you how many UV errors you have | ||
# When you've merged all the vertices causing problems, you'll see ''No UV problems found'' at the top | # When you've merged all the vertices causing problems, you'll see ''No UV problems found'' at the top | ||
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# After you have done this for each mesh in your model, copy and paste the entire thing back into 3.X | # After you have done this for each mesh in your model, copy and paste the entire thing back into 3.X | ||
# Export as <code>.DAE</code> | # Export as <code>.DAE</code> | ||
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Revision as of 16:28, 28 July 2023
- Open two instances of Blender; 2.79b and 3.X (latest)
- Install LaughingLeaders' Blender Helpers for 2.79b into 2.79b
- Open your model in 3.X first
- Copy and paste the entire model and all its meshes into 2.79b
- Minimize (or close) 3.X, we won't need it again until the end
- Open up another window next to the Properties Tab by pulling on one of the stripped triangles in the top corner
- In the new window, click on the Properties button under the Project Outline, choose UV/Image Editor
- Click on the mesh you want to check first (to be on the safe side go through each mesh one by one)
- Hit TAB to go into Edit mode
- Click on the vertical Helpers tab and make sure that the Select All Problems box is checked
- Click on Check UV Triangles
- At the very top of Blender, you'll see a notification telling you how many UV problems were found. They will also highlight them in orange on your mesh and in the graph on the right
- To the left of your model, you'll see Remove Doubles in the Tools tab
- Click on it and you'll see a message at the top, Removed 0 vertices because the merge distance is too short to combine any of the overlapping vertices
- Try changing the merge distance incrementally as small as possible. Somewhere around 0.0004 you'll see Removed X vertices at the top
- Keep an eye on your mesh and make sure it's not getting too distorted
- After each vertex removal/merge, select and deselect (CTRL-A in edit mode) the mesh and repeat the earlier steps of Check UV Triangles and Remove Doubles of vertices
- Not all UV errors will show up on the graph, so keep an eye on the notification at the top that tells you how many UV errors you have
- When you've merged all the vertices causing problems, you'll see No UV problems found at the top
- After you have done this for each mesh in your model, copy and paste the entire thing back into 3.X
- Export as
.DAE