UV Tools 3

23 votes
Version: 
3.2n
Date Updated: 
06/23/2023
Author Name: 
NiK

Easy to use uv mapping tools for Archviz and not only

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Version Requirement: 
3dsMax 2013+
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Wanderer82's picture

Amazing tool!

Amazing tool, highly recommend!
Удивительный инструмент, очень рекомендую. Крайне облегчает работу с разверткой.

NiK684's picture

[3.2f] – 2021.02

New. Planar mapping by element. It will keep existing uv shells and seams.
New. Orient elements to longest side new algorithm. Now it will find best rotation angle automatically.
New. Collapse whole stack if no modifiers are selected.
Improved. Planar mapping “Weighted normals” option.
Improved. Bitmap to UV new method without Unwrap. A lot faster, no memory leak.
Fix. Collapse points by distance memory leak.
Fix. Interactive scale memory leak caused by unwrap bug.

magicseed's picture

WOW

I'm so impressed. This is a monster tool!!!

NiK684's picture

[3.2e] – 2021.01

New. Bitmap to UV. Transfer bitmap transformations to UV (tiling, offset, rotation).
New. Collapse to Poly can now be disabled in settings.
New. UnwrapPro support for Transfer selection to new modifier.
Improved. Rw to Tiling. Bitmaps offset and rotation support.
Improved. Planar Mapping now using weighted normals calculation.
Fix. Unwrap bug when relax was cancelled by Esc and next relax run with 1 iteration only.

lol200004's picture

Unfold along UV 3ds max?

Hello NiK684. Your tools are impressive, I'd love to see a mapping function in it, like in Maya's "Unfold along U or V". This is very handy for texturing. Thank you

NiK684's picture

[3.2d] – 2020.12

New. Grow selection to smooth surfaces. Select by Smooth Groups moved to Shift+Click.
New. Planar Mapping grow to element (Ctrl+Click).
New. Planar Mapping in World coords (Shift+Click).
Improved. Transfer edges between UV and Poly is much faster.
Fix. Planar Mapping bad alignment in some cases.
Fix. Select by Smooth Groups if no Smooth Group assigned.
Fix. Scale to size from wrong center point in some cases.

NiK684's picture

Please try to follow

Please try to follow installation recommendations, run MZP file, not .mse.
If you are still getting this error then send me email [email protected]

gwhitemanjr's picture

can't install

do you know why I might get this error when I try to install the script?

MAXScript Rollout Handler Exception:
-- Runtime error: fileIn: can't open file - "$userStartupScripts\UVTools_loader.mse"
-- MAXScript callstack:
-- thread data: threadID:1884

There's a lot more to the error code in the Script Listener, so if you need more of that to help assess the situation please let me know.

NiK684's picture

Black Friday

It's already there. -30% until Monday

Marsman's picture

Black Friday Discount?

Hi,

Your tool is great! Is there a discount for Black Friday? Thanks.

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