UV Toolkit 2.0 for Blender 2.8 - 2.9

Mephist0

UV Toolkit is a set of tools for fast and high-quality creation of UVs for games and films in Blender.

UV Toolkit 2.0 main features

• straighten UVs
• alignment tools
• selection tools
• check crossing UDIM border
• tools for create overlapping UVs
• easy use of custom checker textures
• customizable pie menus

https://youtu.be/TQDYVwSdzCU

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/tslqD
BlenderMarket - https://blendermarket.com/products/uv-toolkit

Old version
Download - https://gumroad.com/alexbel#NbMya 1.0k

Justo

Every goddamn week cool free plugins are coming out for Blender. Would you stop? Have mercy on us. We're simply people, who need to work, then want to go home and do some side-activities or spend time with family. And then you go and drop us this. When are we supposed to put time into this now, huh!?  

No seriously, jokes aside, thank you for putting this up Alex, the plugin looks sweet and super intuitive I will definitely check this out! The only ones I had trouble understanding are the Sync function with the Auto Select Mesh & Sync Selection Modes. The video didn't give me a clear idea on what they do exactly, but then again, it might just be because these are very Blender-oriented terms which I do not know yet, since I have just began transitioning to this app from Max&Maya. 

Mephist0

@Justo Thank you! UV Sync is a very specific feature of the Blender. It synchronizes the selection in the editing mode and the UV editor. Addon extends this functionality.

musashidan

Looks great, but Blender's UV sync system is terrible and so frustrating to work with. There is one excellent addon called UV Highlight that fixes this to be like other 3D programs, but sadly the dev won't be porting to 2.8. This would be such a great addition to your addon.

kanga

Looks great man! Well done.

MonsieurleCinq

Man I cant thank you enough for Unwrap selected. Thank you thank you ! 

Mephist0

@MonsieurleCinq Glad to hear that!

Udjani

Dang

gnoop

Would love it for Blender 2.79 too. It's still much more reliable and  works much more smoothly on heavy scenes than 2.8 on my pc

Mephist0

@gnoop Sorry, I don’t have enough time to support two versions.

Mephist0

Addon updated.

Added:

• Setting up the pie menu hotkey in the addon setting,
• Setting hotkeys on the add-on panel,

• New tool “Mirror Seam”

https://youtu.be/LpokVhNAj0k

bounchfx

Learning blender recently and this plugin is just really awesome. One request though! Would it be possible to add scaling by *2 and .5 per axis ? so I could double or half my UV size for either X or Y? I tend to unwrap to wide texture pretty often, two UV tiles wide, and then scale down to fit into the one by either the X or Y to fit it back in. I notice you have great Move and rotate tools, but nothing for scale. If I'm doing my texturing and unwrapping solely in blender I don't think it would be a problem, but I can forsee getting an asset from elsewhere and unwrapping here and the scaling being off, with a need for it to be accurate. This isn't a huge deal or important request, just more of 'if it's possible to easily add' kind of thing. Thanks again for all your hard work!

Mephist0

 @bounchfx Sorry that I did not reply for a while. I was working on a new version of the add-on. Scaling tools ready.

bounchfx

No worries, thanks for the update! Looking forward to giving it a shot

Mephist0

UV Toolkit 2.0 for Blender is out now!

UV Toolkit 2.0 main features

• straighten UVs
• alignment tools
• selection tools
• check crossing UDIM border
• tools for create overlapping UVs
• easy use of custom checker textures
• customizable pie menus

https://youtu.be/TQDYVwSdzCU

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/tslqD
BlenderMarket - https://blendermarket.com/products/uv-toolkit

Mephist0

UV Toolkit 2.0.1

Fixed:

• Stack Similar UVs

• Select Similar UVs

• Rotate operator

Added:

• Blender 2.90 alpha support

• UDIM Packing

• Batch Rename UV Sets

Restart Blender after installation.

Mephist0

UV Toolkit 2.0.2

• Bug fixes
• Batch rename UV sets: added channel selection

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com/l/tslqD

kanga

Hi Mephisto.

UV_Toolkit_for_Blender_2.8.zip wont install to Blender 2.83 Alpha. Any ideas?

Mephist0

@kanga If you are using version 1.3.2, try to run Blender as administrator and try the installation again.

kanga

Thanks for the reply. Seems the 2.8 fille on gumroad is for version 1.1. That is working now.

Mephist0

UV Toolkit 2.0.3

• Bug fixes

Mephist0

Version(2.0.4)

• Fixed call of custom operator in a pie menu.

kaylach

Looks like a very nice add on!
What does the orient island feature do exactly though? Does it rotates it so it's straight on the UV grid or will it rotate it so all islands are facing up? 

MrDixioner

Why is there no more information on this plugin. Currently there is version 2.1, but there is no mention of it here.

okidoki

MrDixioner said:

Why is there no more information on this plugin. Currently there is version 2.1, but there is no mention of it here.

Because "here" may be no offical "channel" of the author ( "..*alex*." on gumroad ? last post of OP 2020) ..and if you look there or on blendernation.. it also seems to be pulled off..