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Offline terran_emperor

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What does the UV from UV Mapping stand for?
on: November 01, 2009, 10:48:48 am
Stupid question - Topic title say it all.

and before anyone says anything about this not being in the right section, i posted here because i'd feel stupid posting it in the FS upgrade or FS Modding section
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Re: What does the UV from UV Mapping stand for?
Reply #1 on: November 01, 2009, 10:58:35 am
 

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Re: What does the UV from UV Mapping stand for?
Reply #2 on: November 01, 2009, 11:06:01 am
Ah! thanks...I was coming up with some wierd results using UV as an acronym
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Re: What does the UV from UV Mapping stand for?
Reply #3 on: November 01, 2009, 11:07:42 am
They're letters, see?
 

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Re: What does the UV from UV Mapping stand for?
Reply #4 on: November 02, 2009, 02:44:28 pm
Textured polygons have two sets of 3D coordinates, UVW XYZ. But since not many applications use 3D textures, polies are mapped using the U and V coordinates.
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