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    What does 'UV' stand for? I've watched a number of series and so far no-one has explained the meaning of this acronym? Che...

    Paul Swanson(paulswanson)
    posted to: Accessing UV's
    What does 'UV' stand for? I've watched a number of series and so far no-one has explained the meaning of this acronym? Cheers.
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      Thiago Menezes(badargo) replied
      Hello! Wikipedia says "The letters "U" and "V" denote the axes of the 2D texture because "X", "Y" and "Z" are already used to denote the axes of the 3D object in model space.".
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      Paul Swanson(paulswanson) replied
      Thanks!