What UV Unwrapping software do you use?

chademond · Jul 2009

I'm interested to find out what different software the community is using for unwrapping there game models. I've only ever used UVlayout, but that's really only because it's the only one I know how to use, but I know there are a lot of alternatives out there such as Unfold3d, DeepUV, Roadkill, etc...

Which software do you use, and if you have used others, what makes yours the program of choice for yourself?

Joao Sapiro · Jul 2009

i use default 3ds max one pretty powerfull never needed exterior plugins , but thats just me ^^

andersh · Jul 2009

I use a combination of Roadkill UV (Maya plugin) with Maya 2k9's UV tools - specifically the new interactive unfold tool.

Roadkill usually gives me a pretty great unfold, and then I just relax it a bit with the interactive unfold tool. Throw in some planar projections, and things get done pretty easily.

OBlastradiusO · Jul 2009

I use 3dmax software

Frump · Jul 2009

I just use the built in Maya tools. No need for gimmicky pelting software. I've tried them, I just feel like I have more control without them. The default unfold tools do the same thing if you know how to use them.

Zwebbie · Jul 2009

I use Blender's default (and only, for that matter). For those of you who don't know - Roadkill's code was taken from a 2006 version of Blender. Since then, Blender has been getting new tools with pretty much every release. It's sort of the pride and joy of the software.

As Eld mentioned in the other thread, you just can't beat mathematics when it comes to surfaces. Sometimes you'll want something illogical like straight lines or faces taking up more space than the back of a head, in which case I have straightening, pinning and proportional editing to fix that. In all other cases, I don't have much if anything to change after pressing the unwrap button.

One of these days I'm going to try adding seams while modeling, so that part of the UV'ing process is shoved forward and I won't have an hour-long boring UV session. I've done it a bit before, since because it usually requires no welding and is part of the modelign software, it's easy to see if you have enough geo to render a good normal map. Place seams, press unwrap, add texture, bake, see if it works.

Yozora · Jul 2009

I use 3d max, with renderhjs uv toolbox.

killingpeople · Jul 2009

chugnuts uv tools for 3ds max - kinda old and outdated now, you have to dig for the script

seforin · Jul 2009

*cough*

headus uv layout and chug nut tools

breakneck · Jul 2009

Yozora wrote: »

I use 3d max, with renderhjs uv toolbox.

same

NAIMA · Jul 2009

I have tried many , deep UV and others but in the end I didn't really got all that satisfation , since with 3dsmax I could do pretty much the same and I already knew how , tough its still pretty boring stuff to do

... wich I could find a easier and faster method ....

whats_true · Jul 2009

I've used Headus uv layout before. Impressive program once you learn all of the hot keys. To me though, its more geared towards character or natural shapes, as solid objects don't yield straight lines.

vahl · Jul 2009

UVlayout and XSI, depending on what I have to UV

dejawolf · Jul 2009

max standard UV tools, and some garbage i've thrown together with maxscript.

Gilgamesh · Jul 2009

Just maya tools, bound up some hotkeys and can do it 10x faster than most of the max stuff, I've tried loads of different tools and scripts but still not as fast for me (and good quality end result).

Farfarer · Jul 2009

At home, modo with a custom script for aligning.

At work, 3DS Max with Chuggnut's UV tools, renderJHS's TexTools and a custom script for aligning. And even then I struggle with it's incompetence.

Ged · Jul 2009

been using silos uv unwrap lately, its really fast to do the initial unwrap but a little wierd when tweaking

Blaizer · Jul 2009

Unfold 3d long time ago, Modo since its uv tools improved

Mark Dygert · Jul 2009

Yozora wrote: »

I use 3d max, with renderhjs uv toolbox.

Yep same here. Plus a few custom scripts I wrote. I still use MoP's Normalize script even though its been rolled into UV Toolbox.

I have to say I use 3dsmax tools more than UV Toolbox. Mostly because UV Toolbox can only be launched from:
"Main Menu > MaxScript > Run Script > Browse to Script > Open".
I end up closing it out when I'm not using it so I go to launch it only when I need it, the time it takes to launch it, eats up any time it saves. If it was a button or hotkey I'd use it more often.