Can I transfer an already made UV to another object?

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I've got two objects that are exactly the same, but with different UVs, is there any way to transfer the UV from one to another?

Try selecting them both, hitting ctrl-L and "tranfer UV maps" — ajwood, Feb 02 '15 at 19:12
I think that active object gives its map to the other selected objects, but I can never keep it straight — ajwood, Feb 02 '15 at 19:13
It IS a duplicate of this somehow: http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/23293/uv-coordinates-on-a-deformed-plane — Paul Gonet, Feb 02 '15 at 19:20
@Gonzou I don't think it's a duplicate. The answer might be the same, but my question was about "fixing" a UV map, while this one specifically asks about transferring them. — ajwood, Feb 02 '15 at 19:37
possible duplicate of How to transfer uvs from static mesh to the same rigged and animated mesh — David, Feb 02 '15 at 19:42
duplicate of http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/4910 or http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/4899 — David, Feb 02 '15 at 19:43
I think you are looking for the copy paste UVs I hope this help you copy paste uvs — yhoyo, Feb 02 '15 at 20:30
possible duplicate of Can I copy UV map to many objects with the same and/or symmetrical topology? — gandalf3, Feb 03 '15 at 03:57

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '15 at 19:35

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You can select the two objects, and link their UV maps.

answered Feb 02 '15 at 19:35

ajwood

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Is there a way to do this if the objects are not identical? I have a floating decal object attached to a parent, and I'd like to uv unwrap the decal so its verts get the same uvs as the nearest parents verts... so when I texture them both with the same material the decal would be seamless and invisible on top... – Innovine Jan 01 '21 at 18:37
I have been looking for a way to copy coordinates for individual quads from one mesh to another. I can not find a way to retrieve or specify exact UV coordinate. Is the only solution to write a Python script? – Logic1 Mar 04 '21 at 13:16

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