Unwrap UVW and missing texture

[julianb]

Hi all,

I have the following problem- every time I try to unwrap an object by using Unwrap UVW modifier in 3DS Max the texture in the UV Editor is not visible. It is visible in Max's view-port but not in the UV Editor.
My steps are:
1. Create a simple box and apply glossy material with image texture instead of color to it
2. I make sure the material is shown in the view-port and apply Unwrap UVW modifier to the box
3. I open the UV Editor to flatten and position the faces according to the texture
4. But there is no texture in the UV editor. I know the right texture is loaded in the UV Editor because the right map has been selected in the top right corner. I even tried selecting it manually by "pick texture" but once I select "image texture" no dialog box appears to allow me to choose the image.

Any idea as to why that is happening?
Thank you very much.

[julianb]

No one? How do you guys Unwrap your textures then?

Cheers.

[jvincent]

I feel you man.

I can't ever get any complex unwrapping done in Octane because of this.

I haven't found a work around. I don't know if someone has but that would be really cool.

All I do with my textures in octane with the unwrap modifier is the normal mapping in the UV editor and a few other basic things.

Then I just scale and move the faces, points or edges and see what's happening in the viewport. This technique is tedious though and takes more time also making some tasks impossible.

[julianb]

Well that's a bummer.
At least it's not me doing something wrong there

Thanks for the reply, man.

[jvincent]

No problem man. I hope one day that they'll add this feature.