Tweak
Move and Rotate texture in 3dsMax viewport.
UV Tools 3.0
$20
Easy to use Unwrap tools for Archviz and more.
Script requirements:
- 3dsMax 2013-2020
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Align
Align U or V axis to edge end or center.
Transform
Move, Scale, Rotate UV by values.
Orient
Rotate texture by element lenght.
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 fron 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
- Drag “UVTools.mzp” to 3dsMax viewport
- Click Install
- Go to: Customize > Customize User Interface > Toolbars > Category “Nik Scripts – UV Tools”
- 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
[3.0] – 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
[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. |
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MAP CHANNEL
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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. |
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Align U axis to edge end. Ctrl+Click: Align to edge center. Alt+Click: Align + reverse. |
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Align V axis to edge end. Ctrl+Click: Align to edge center. Alt+Click: Align + reverse. |
| Editor | Open Unwrap UV Editor. |
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Vertex SubObject level. Ctrl+Click: Convert current Unwrap selection to Vertices. |
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Edge SubObject level. Ctrl+Click: Convert current Unwrap selection to Edges. Shift+Click: Select outline Edges from current Unwrap selection. |
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Polygon SubObject level. Ctrl+Click: Convert current Unwrap selection to Polygons. |
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Select UV borders (open edges). Ctrl+Click: Grow selected edges to UV borders. Right Click: Select longest opened edges. |
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Grow selection to UV element (shell / island). Right Click: Grow selection to geometry element. |
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Loop selection. Ctrl+Click: Grow Loop. Right Click: Shrink Loop. |
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Ring selection. Ctrl+Click: Grow Ring. Right Click: Shrink Ring. |
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Break selection. Ctrl+Click: Break loop of Unwrap selection. |
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Stitch selection. Ctrl+Click: Grow to Element and stitch two selected Elements. Right Click: Weld shared selection. |
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Select by Material ID. Ctrl+Click: Select polygons with same ID on all Unwrap objects. |
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Select by Smooth Groups. Polygons with any matched Smooth Group will be selected. Ctrl+Click: Select by exact same Smooth Groups. |
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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. |
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Enable checker self illumination. This will hide shaded areas of object. |
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Enable checker real-world size. |
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TILE
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Checker map tiling or Checker map real-world size. Depends on checker real-world option. |
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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. |
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Backface cull On. Right Click: Backface cull Off. |
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Display material On. Switch display object materials and wireframe color. Right Click: Display material Off. |
| Rw | Real-world UV size mode. |
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UV SIZE
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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. |
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Apply Flatten mapping with custom settings. Right Click: Open Flatten mapping custom settings.
Resize: Resize mapping to current UV size after mapping. |
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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. |
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Apply Planar mapping in UV size. |
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Apply Planar mapping from bitmap texture. |
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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. |
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Scale to UV size. Shift+Click: Scale from left-bottom corner. Ctrl+Click: Scale By Element. |
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Normalize Elements. Make texel density of elements the same. Shift+Click: Normalize by maximum. Ctrl+Click: Normalize by minimum. |
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Make Elements height the same. Shift+Click: Match by maximum. Ctrl+Click: Match by minimum. Right Click: Match but ignore aspect ratio. |
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Make Elements width the same. Shift+Click: Match by maximum. Ctrl+Click: Match by minimum. Right Click: Match but ignore aspect ratio. |
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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. |
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Center Elements to texture tile. Ctrl+Click: Center by Element. |
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Relax Unwrap selection. Ctrl+Click: Keep UV size. Restore previous UV size after relax. Right Click: Open Relax settings.
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Rotate +90°. Ctrl+Click: Rotate by Element. |
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Rotate -90°. Ctrl+Click: Rotate by Element. |
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Flip by U axis. Ctrl+Click: Flip by Element. |
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Flip by V axis. Ctrl+Click: Flip by Element. |
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Orient Elements horizontally based on their length. Shift+Click: Orient vertical. |
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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. |
MOVE |
Offset mapping by U or V axis. Shift+Drag: Swap axis. |
SCALE |
Scale mapping by U or V axis. Shift+Drag: Swap axis. |
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ROTATE |
Rotate mapping. |
| Uniform | Uniform scale switch. If enabled then scale. |
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ACCURACY
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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. |
| 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 Smooth | Add Edit Poly modifier and create Smooth Groups by mapping Elements. |
| 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. Ctrl+Click: Fix opened geometry edges. |
| 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. |
| Hide/Unhide |
Hide selected Elements. Only for EditablePoly. Ctrl+Click: Hide selected polygons. Righ Click: Unhide all polygons. |
| 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). |
