UV Tools 3.1

$20

Easy to use Unwrap tools for Archviz and more.

Script requirements:

  • 3dsMax 2013-2020

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Tweak

Move and Rotate texture in 3dsMax viewport.

Align

Align U or V axis to edge end or center.

Transform

Move, Scale, Rotate UV by values.

Orient

Rotate texture by element length.

Pick scale

Get UV scale from another polygon.

Scale in units

Rescale UV to any units value or to Real-world mapping.

Randomize

Random UV Flip, Rotate, Offset, Scale.

Checker

Use 4 preinstalled checker textures or add your own textures.

Real-world mapping supported.

Original materials can be restored even after 3dsMax crash.

Relax

Relax all or selected polygons in viewport.

Normalize

Equalize texel density to min, max or average.

Show bitmaps

Show bitmaps on selected objects or selected polygons.

Planar from map

Apply planar mapping in aspect ratio of bitmap texture.

UV Morpher

Create flat object from mapping.

Can be used for Skin Wrap retopology and other techniques.

UV Morpher doesn’t make retopology.

Transfer

Transfer sub-selection from Unwrap to Editable Poly and vice versa.

Hide elements

Hide selected polygons to get access to occluded areas.

UV operations

Many useful UV operations.

Learn more in Help section.

Customize GUI

Automatically change icons according to 3dsMax colors.

Close unwanted rollouts and change their order (2017+).

Actions

Assign any UV Tools action to hotkey or toolbar button.

Combine actions to create complex one-click mapping operations.

UV Tools:

  • work on multiple objects with same Unwrap modifier
  • work on Unwrap sub-selection
  • don’t need opened UV Editor
  • are fast, reliable and undoable

Installation

  1. Drag “UVTools.mzp” to 3dsMax viewport
  2. Click Install
  3. Go to: Customize > Customize User Interface > Toolbars > Category “Nik Scripts – UV Tools”
  4. Add “Open UV Tools UI” button to toolbar

For UV Tools 2.x users

You don’t need to uninstall UV Tools 2, installer will delete all old files.

But you need to delete UV Tools 2 toolbar button manually. UV Tools 3 button should be added from “Nik Scripts – UV Tools” Category only.

ChangeLog

[3.1] – 2020.02

  • New. Packing. Default Unwrap pack methods are used.
  • New. Move Right, Left, Top, Bottom. U, V buttons in Transform.
  • New. QuickPeel action Macros.
  • Fix. Checker on group error introduced in 3.0.9.

[3.0.9] – 2020.01

  • New. Morhper – Multiple objects support.
  • New. Morhper – Channel 1 value spinner.
  • New. Morhper – Show morpher and original objects as box switch.
  • New. Morhper – Add Skin Wrap to selected objects with nearest morphers.
  • New. Morhper – Cut selected objects by nearest morphers border.
  • Fix. Tweak Alt rotate undo.

[3.0.8] – 2019.12

  • New. Textures Rollout. Size to Tiling.
  • New. Flatten, Box and Planar mapping add Unwrap modifier automatically.
  • New. UV Morpher create Morpher from selected polygons.
  • New. UV Morpher auto open edges fast fix.
  • New. Restore Map Channel 1 in Settings.
  • Fix. Edges selection after Pelt seams selection.
  • Fix. Linked objects Collapse error.

[3.0.7] – 2019.11

  • New. Break by Material ID.
  • New. Flatten by Material ID.
  • New. Flatten by Smoothing Group.
  • New. Select EditablePoly and EditPoly hard edges.
  • New. Interactive Uniform Scale uv size message at 3dsMax bottom.
  • Fix. Show/hide bitmaps error on some 3dsMax localizations.
  • Fix. UV Morpher Fix opened edges error.
  • Fix. Flatten and Normal mapping size after Pick Size.

[3.0.6] – 2019.10

  • New. Scale from point. Right Click: Setup scale point.
  • New. Transform Scale and Rotate from Zero.
  • Fix. Tweaker and Aligner undo bug.
  • Fix. Pick scale wrong face selection.
  • Fix. Align to edge center wrong position.

[3.0.5] – 2019.10

  • Fix. Pelt seams errors in 3dsMax 2018+.

[3.0.4] – 2019.10 (Restart 3dsMax after update)

  • New. Pelt seams select.
  • New. Pelt seams replace.
  • New. Pelt seams clear.
  • New. Improved Stitch with auto scale elements.
  • Fix. Auto Lock 3dsMax UI.
  • Fix. Critical bug in 3dsMax 2014 Design, maybe some other versions too. 3dsMax restart is necessary.

[3.0.3] – 2019.10

  • Fix. Wrong Unwrap default setup.

[3.0.2] – 2019.10

  • Fix. Autostart bug.

[3.0.1] – 2019.10

  • New. Show bitmaps work on objects with checker.
  • New. Settings – Save Unwrap modifier setup.
  • Fix. Critical loader bug on some systems.

[3.0] – 2019.10

  • Initial 3.0 Release
  • Chages since 2.x:
    • All functions work with multiple objects with same Unwrap
    • Speedup 400-2000% in different scenarios
    • 99% functions rewritten from scratch
    • Macroses
    • Tweak and Align in viewport
    • UV channel selector
    • Stitch
    • Size add/substract by step
    • Flatten and normal mapping setup
    • Planar mapping in real size
    • Planar mapping in bitmap aspect ratio
    • Pick UV size from another polygon
    • Rotate 90 and Flip by Element
    • Orient Elements by lenght
    • Hide geometry polygons in Unwrap
    • Change rollouts order for 2017+

[2.x] – 2017

  • Obsolete

Help

Add

Add Unwrap modifier to selected objects. Map Channel from dropdown will be used.

Ctrl+Click: Clone any current modifier.

Right Click: Find first Unwrap modifier.

MAP CHANNEL

Set Unwrap Map Channel.

Ctrl+Click: Add Unwrap with selected Map Channel.
Collapse

Collapse to any current modifier.

Ctrl+Click: Reset Xform selected objects.

Right Click: Delete any current modifier.
Tweak

Tweak mapping in viewport.

Shift+Drag: Move with axis snap.

Ctrl+Drag: Rotate. Angle steps can be set in UV Tools settings.

Alt+Click: Rotate +90 clockwise.

Alt+Ctrl+Click: Rotate -90 counterclockwise.

Align U axis to edge end.

Ctrl+Click: Align to edge center.

Alt+Click: Align + reverse.

Align V axis to edge end.

Ctrl+Click: Align to edge center.

Alt+Click: Align + reverse.
Editor Open Unwrap UV Editor.

Vertex SubObject level.

Ctrl+Click: Convert current Unwrap selection to Vertices.

Edge SubObject level.

Shift+Click: Select outline Edges from current Unwrap selection.

Ctrl+Click: Convert current Unwrap selection to Edges.

Polygon SubObject level.

Ctrl+Click: Convert current Unwrap selection to Polygons.

Grow selection to UV element (shell / island).

Right Click: Grow selection to geometry element.

Select UV borders (open edges).

Ctrl+Click: Grow selected edges to UV borders.

Right Click: Select longest opened edges.

Select Pelt seams.

Ctrl+Click: Replace Pelt seams with current selection.

Right Click: Clear all or selected Pelt seams.

Loop selection.

Ctrl+Click: Grow Loop.

Right Click: Shrink Loop.

Ring selection.

Ctrl+Click: Grow Ring.

Right Click: Shrink Ring.

Break selection.

Shift+Click: Break by Material ID.

Ctrl+Click: Break loop of Unwrap selection.

Stitch selection. If 2 elements are selected then small element will be scaled to large.

Ctrl+Click: Stitch 2 Elements.

Right Click: Weld shared selection.

Select by Material ID.

Ctrl+Click: Select polygons with same ID on all Unwrap objects.

Select by Smooth Groups. Polygons with any matched Smooth Group will be selected.

Ctrl+Click: Select by exact same Smooth Groups.

Assign checker material. 4 textures included. You can add or replace textures.

Original materials are stored on objects in scene and can be restored safely any time.

Ctrl+Click: Select any texture file to use it as checker.

Right Click: Restore objects materials.
Enable checker self illumination. This will hide shaded areas of object.
Enable checker real-world size.

TILE

 Checker map tiling or Checker map real-world size. Depends on checker real-world option.

Show material bitmaps in viewport.

Switch selected objects bitmaps in order 1>2>3>1>...

If polygons are selected, then get bitmaps of selected material IDs only.

Right Click: Hide all bitmaps of selected objects.

Backface cull On.

Right Click: Backface cull Off.

Display material On. Switch display object materials and wireframe color.

Right Click: Display material Off.

 

Rw Real-world UV size mode.

UV SIZE

UV square size. If real-world mode is enabled then spinner will be inactive.

UV size defines size of square in mapping procedures. For example: 500mm means mapping 500x500mm relative to geometry.
+ -

Add UV size by step.

Default step is 500 units. If UV size was 330mm and you click + then UV size change to 500mm, then 1000mm, 1500mm etc.

Step can be adjusted in UV Tools Settings.

Right Click: Substract size by step.

Apply Flatten mapping with custom settings.

Shift+Click: Flatten By Material ID.

Ctrl+Click: Flatten By Smooth Group.

Right Click: Open Flatten mapping custom settings.

Resize: Resize mapping to current UV size after mapping.

Apply Normal mapping with custom settings. Default mapping mode is Box.

Right Click: Open Normal mapping custom settings.

Resize: Resize mapping to current UV size after mapping.
Apply Planar mapping in UV size.
Apply Planar mapping from bitmap texture.

Pick UV size from object and rescale mapping. UV size is taken from picked polygon, and not from whole object.

Ctrl+Click: Scale By Element.

Right Click: Get selected faces UV size.

Scale to UV size.

Shift+Click: Scale from point.

Ctrl+Click: Scale By Element.

Right Click: Setup scale point.

Point that UV will be scaled from.

Normalize Elements. Make texel density of elements the same.

Shift+Click: Normalize by maximum.

Ctrl+Click: Normalize by minimum.

Make Elements height the same.

Shift+Click: Match by maximum.

Ctrl+Click: Match by minimum.

Right Click: Match but ignore aspect ratio.

Make Elements width the same.

Shift+Click: Match by maximum.

Ctrl+Click: Match by minimum.

Right Click: Match but ignore aspect ratio.

Fit Elements to texture tile.

Shift+Click: Fit to minimal side. Fill mode.

Ctrl+Click: Fit by Element.

Right Click: Fit but ignore aspect ratio.

Center Elements to texture tile.

Ctrl+Click: Center by Element.

Relax Unwrap selection.

Ctrl+Click: Keep UV size. Restore previous UV size after relax.

Right Click: Open Relax settings.

Rotate +90°.

Ctrl+Click: Rotate by Element.

Rotate -90°.

Ctrl+Click: Rotate by Element.

Flip by U axis.

Ctrl+Click: Flip by Element.

Flip by V axis.

Ctrl+Click: Flip by Element.

Orient Elements horizontally based on their length.

Shift+Click: Orient vertical.

Rotate Elements by selected edges with automatic orientation.

If edge is more horizontal then vertical then Element will be aligned horizontally.

Shift+Click: Force rotate to Vertical.

Ctrl+Click: Force rotate to Horizontal.

 

Perform recursive Packing.

Ctrl+Click: Perform linear Packing. Linear packing is faster, but recursive is better.

Right Click: Pack Setup.

Spacing: Space between Elements.

Normalize: Normalize Elements. Make texel density of elements the same.

Fill Holes: Fill holes with smaller Elements.
Fit Fit Elements to Tile while Packing.
Rotate Rotate Elements while Packing.

Align Elements or selection.
To Border Align to texture tile border.
As Group Align selection as Group. Only for polygons SubLevel.

 

 

U

Move Right (U +1).

Right Click: Move Left (U -1).
V

Move Top (V +1).

Right Click: Move Bottom (V -1).
MOVE

Offset mapping by U or V axis.

Shift+Drag: Swap axis.
SCALE

Scale mapping by U or V axis.

Shift+Drag: Swap axis.

ROTATE

 Rotate mapping.
Uniform Uniform scale switch. If enabled then scale.

ACCURACY

Offset accuracy multiplier.

Offset value will be multiplied by this factor. Auto mode works well in most cases.
Invert

Invert transform direction.

On: For viewport.

Off: For UV editor.
Zero

Enable Scale and Rotate from zero point (0,0 uv coordinates).

On: Scale and Rotate from zero point.

Off: Scale and Rotate from center.

 

U V Enable/Disable randomize by U and V axis.
Geo Elements Randomize by geometry Elements instead of mapping Elements.
Keep in Tile

Keep Elements in texture tile. UV will be scaled to fit texture.

This option helps to avoid seams when using non-seamless textures.
Offset Randomize UV position.
Rotate Randomize UV rotation.
Scale Randomize UV scale.
Step

Use absolute values instead of random value from range.

For example: Rotate value is 90. Regular randomizer will rotate Elements by random values between -90 and +90 (-53, 47, 13, etc.). Step randomizer will use only -90 or +90 values only.

UV Morpher

Create flat object that represents object mapping. Copy object and morph to UV.

Shift+Click: Repack before creating flat object. May be slow on high-poly.
Show

Switch display Morpher objects as box.

Morpher 1 channel value.
Skin Wrap

Add Skin Wrap modifiers to selected objects with nearest morpher in list.

Ctrl+Click: Pick Morpher object manually.

Shift+Click: Add disabled Skin Wrap modifiers.
Cut

Cut selected objects to Morpher borders.

Ctrl+Click: Pick cut object manually.
UV Smooth Add Edit Poly modifier and create Smooth Groups by mapping Elements.
Hide/Unhide

Hide selected Elements. Only for EditablePoly.

Ctrl+Click: Hide selected polygons.

Righ Click: Unhide all polygons.
Transfer

Transfer subobject selection between UV and EditablePoly.

Choose modifier or base object to send selection.

When green bar becomes red it means that you can't transfer selection to this object or modifier.

Create new modifier:

Unwrap>Poly: add new Edit Poly modifier and send selection.

Poly>Unwrap: add new Unwrap modifier and send selection.
Select Hard

Select EditablePoly and EditPoly hard edges based on Smooth Groups.

 

Size

 Textures size.
V Enable V size.
Size to Tiling

Set tiling in selected textures based on entered size and Unwrap selection.

Textures should be selected in Material Editor.
   
   
   
   

 

Restore Map Channel 1 Restore Map Channel 1 if Channel is not found in current modifier.
Stop after closing UI Stop Tweaker after closing UV Tools main dialog.
Display info Display tweak values in viewport.
Ctrl + Drag angle Tweak Ctrl+Drag rotate angle.
Alt + Click angle Tweak Alt+Click rotate angle.
Size + - step UV size + - step.
Fit Spacing Fit UV spacing (padding).
Save Unwrap setup

Save current Unwrap modifier setup as Default.

All options from modify panel will be saved and used for new Unwrap modifiers that you create by pressing Add button.

 

Video

More videos after 3.1 release

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