Hey there :) , There are some really delicious tools in the 3ds max unwrapping sector, namely the 'relax by faces' and 'relax by edges' pelt mapping functions. I was wondering if this function is evident somewhere in the Maya UV editor? And if so, where? If not, is there a *GREAT* plug-in I can purchase/acquire for these…
I've never gotten anything useful out of Maya's Relax tool(I must be using it wrong), but Unfold works reasonably well for a similar function to pelt map. That said, I prefer to use Roadkill for anything more complicated than planar mapping and stitching things together in Maya because the default UV tools are a bit crap.