Eric: I think he wants to actually relax the seams, but keep them so they're aligned at the borders (so it will only relax horizontally rather than vertically, if you know what I mean). I was trying to write something like this recently, but some issues in Maxscript (or my poor understanding of it) meant it didn't always…
hey guys, In 3ds max 9 I always use a script MoP posted a long time ago for relaxing my uv's:macroScript Macro1 category:"DragAndDrop" toolTip:""( $.modifiers[#unwrap_uvw].unwrap5.relaxByFaceAngle 200 0.0 1.0 false) it works like a charm, but there is one thing that would make it even better. is it there a script that…
Use the built-in Relax instead, there are a couple checkboxes in the dialog that might help. Also, Relax does work on selections, not distorting the unselected bits.
ok thanks for the help! what you said is indeed what i wanted, headus uv layout has the function, but the demo seemed very unpractical to me. (tried it out again today). I sure hope you can find a way to do it! would be great!