UV polygon flip tool

[Andreu]

UV polygon flip tool

Forgive me if this is a supported feature already and I missed it. One thing that would make my UV mapping (and modelling) easier would be a tool that flips the selected polygons in a UV map. Sometimes you have two groups of polygons that have the same texture. The most efficient way to map them is to make them match one on top of the other precisely in the UV map, but in order to do this, you need to flip one of them to match the other. Hence the request for a Flip tool.

 

[frank beckmann]

Hi.
Is this a more specialised tool you asking for than this one?
Just curious.
With kindest regards
Frank

 

[Martin]

Hi,
you can also do that in the UV editor by simply scaling the selected polygons negatively.

Bye,
Martin

 

[Andreu]

Hi,
you can also do that in the UV editor by simply scaling the selected polygons negatively.

Bye,
Martin

Exactly! So there is not need for a new tool. Thanks Martin, it never occurred to me to do that. That's way more powerful than what I had in mind. Plus combined with the UV Stepper script tool, the sky is the limit now! :icon_thumbup::icon_thumbup::icon_thumbup:

@ Frank: It wasn't Flip Normal, but flip orientation of face/group on the UV map, or whatever one might want to call that. Thanks for the answer, as usual you don't miss a beat

 

[uncle808us]

Question

Hi,
you can also do that in the UV editor by simply scaling the selected polygons negatively.

Bye,
Martin

I don't understand what you mean by this?

 

[frank beckmann]

I don't understand what you mean by this?

Select all polygons in the UV editor window, drag the scale widget along one axis (red or green no difference) until the hole bunch of polys get flipped.

With kindest regards
Frank

 

[Somian]

Is there a way to scale UVs by exactly -1? (as I already have a texture and I don't want to stretch it).

 

[frank beckmann]

Like so?

Cheers
Frank

 

[Somian]

Ah, thanks!

I wasn't aware of the material tag having its own inspector :icon_thumbup: