looking for a way to automate uv mapping so that a texture will flow along a given path
attached is a sketch of 1) the input curves/surface 2) default uv mapping 3) goal uv mapping
is this something that can be achieved with rhino/grasshopper ?
thanks
Hello - if you create the surface as a trimmed plane, then you’ll need to use a custom mapping object (Object Properties > Mapping page) (Just how depends on what the actual result needs to be - should the pattern taper with the shape, or just follow the central path and be clipped by the edges of the surface?)
-Pascal
@pascal
ideally it should taper to the edges, yes.
automation is key here though
I see - well, just judging from your image, if you create the surface by lofting the wavy edge curves rather than trimming a plane, it should just work.
-Pascal