UV tools in max 2009?

StJoris

Hey guys,
I've been using Chuggnutt's uvtools for the last couple of years and it's been awesome. Unfortunately it seems to freak out when using it in max 2009 when editing unwrap of multiple objects. Any fixes to this you might know? or alternative uv plugins for max that have this functionality?

Jonathan

What tools are you missing that aren't in vanilla Max 2009?

'09 has the new spline-pelt mapping feature, and a few other improvements. Have you tried Polyboost?
http://www.polyboost.com/

kary

I've been using J. Haywood's scripts and Polyboost. Maybe asking about specific functions would be easier, been awhile since I've had to use Chuggnutt's and I can't remember whats built in now, and what still needs a script assist.

StJoris

Thanks guys, more specifically I miss the align uv functions, where you take a row of vertices and align it u or v perfectly straight.

J.Haywood's seems to have that functionality, I'll try it out, thanks Kary

Jonathan

Yes, Polyboost has that function, and I also have hotkeys setup for selecting rows/loops in the UVs as well, to speed things up.

StJoris

Wooh I tried PolyBoost, nice stuff, works well. I got them in my quad-menu, but in some strange way they don't want to work when bound to hotkeys, it just doesn't do the function assigned to it...strangey..

stimpack

Ive been using unfold 3d for a long time. I cant see unwrapping with out it. Then i go back to max and just tweak stuff to my liking.

StJoris

Not exactly uv tools issue, but nother max 2009 thing I bumped into; supposedly it doesn't update my texture when I wiggle the viewport, it would in previous versions. Now I have to bring up the material editor to make it update. Anyone has similar probs and has found the solution?