Check Out This 3ds Max Toolset For Easy UV Shells Manipulation

If you're looking for something similar to Blender's DreamUV or Maya's AriUVFit, take a look at UV Zone Layout, a new toolset designed for easy and quick UV Shells manipulation.

This collection of tools is made to be used with reusable textures like tiling textures, Trim Sheets, and texture atlases. It allows users to quickly resize and remap UV Shells to designated UV Zones. It also comes with a colorful user-friendly interface:

UV Zone Layout includes a narrated guide to the toolset but you can check out its main features in detail below.

Essentially, you can create Zones from selected UV Shells, and the plug-in allows you to quickly assign UV Shells to Zones by clicking on any Zone:

Naturally, you'll be able to create custom Zones and edit their position in the Zone Map Viewer:

You can also add Padding to UV shells before mapping to a Zone:

Finally, the Unwrap Toolbox allows you to quickly Align, Distribute, Space, Rotate, and Resize UV shells:

The plug-in's features listed include:

• Support of 3ds Max 2022, 2023, 2024
• Saving/loading custom UV Zone layout templates
• List View and Map View of UV Zone layout
• Background image support in Map View
• Editing Zone is the Map View
• Creating UV Zones from selected UV Shells
• Includes UV_Unwrap Toolbox

The developer JokerMartini also provides a simple step-by-step user guide to UV Zone Layout, proving it's exactly that simple to set up and use:

• Launch the UV Zone Layout tool (which can be accessed by assigning it a shortcut)
• Add an Unwrap_UVW modifier to your object
• Select the Unwrap_UVW modifier and go into polygon select mode
• While in polygon select mode, you can begin assigning UV_Shells to the Zones you create in the tool.

UV Zone Layout is available at the developer's website at $8.

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