Spreading a single texture across multiple meshes in a group

[ashleymvanduzer]

Hey all,

Say for example using a gltf model, is it possible to spread a single texture across two or more separate meshes that are in the same group, so it is traversing them, rather than repeating? Does this require recalculating the UVs? Not sure how to approach this. Any advice or examples would be greatly appreciated!

[drcmda]

<group>
  <mesh material={yourMaterial} />
  <mesh material={yourMaterial} />
  <mesh material={yourMaterial} />

and yes of course, textures and uvs have to suit the model. you can't just dress a model, nor re-calculate uvs, you need to specifically place a texture onto a specific surface or geometry in blender et al.

[ashleymvanduzer]

Before I even asked I thought this would be the answer, and I should have just gone with my instinct, but it just seemed too easy haha. Thanks for confirming!

[ashleymvanduzer]

I am curious what you mean by "you can't just dress a model" though. Could you elaborate if you have a spare second?

[drcmda]

if you have geometry, say a human formed shape, your texture is just a plane that has to be wrapped around it in a certain way and uv's tell it how to. that is a manual process in blender. you cut the geometry into pieces (uv-unwrapping) and then click these pieces and shift a texture over it until it appears right. you can of course just slap any texture over anything, but the results will be all over if uvs dont match.

[ashleymvanduzer]

Ah so you were referring to the uv unwrapping process, and the subsequent application of some kind of map or texture. That makes sense in the context of this conversation for sure. I appreciate you taking the time Paul! So many thanks.