Ryan Holm

When I rotate at certain angles, my geometry will clip making it very difficult to work with. This happens regardless of how zoomed in or out I am. I've attached a few examples.

How would one go about blending UV seams? Normally, I'll try put them along edges or in creases. Some objects the only option seems to be to stick them out in the open. I found a technique for Blender to blend UV seams. Any thoughts on how to do this with Houdini? While we're at it. Any good tutorials on the concepts and theory of good UV unwrapping? I know how to physically use all the tools. Every tutorial I've found is unwrapping something simple such as a ball or a smoothed character with a few limbs. It seems to be a bit overwhelming when I get to machines with lots of interlocking pieces in various sizes.

Said Blender technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm0WRbxDZ1U [youtube.com]

When I try to use the autorig, I get a string of errors. I've only opened a new scene, added a biped auto rig, and clicked create new rig. Then the attached error occurs. Any thoughts on fixing or am I doing something wrong?