

Symmetrize is enormously helpful for working with mirrored UV shells and creating symmetrically perfect UVs quickly. Lastly, the Symmetrize lets you create UV symmetry using brush based tools. Some of them, like moving UV shells already exist in other scripts, however Eric. UV Deluxe is a collection of UV tools that Eric has put together finding some of these features missing in Maya. It’s not an end all be all, but it’s a great way to get simple models unfolded quickly, and a great way to jumpstart creating UVs. In this video, we'll focus on some of the visual improvements, as well as organization using the new UV Toolkit. Erik Spellerberg shares his UVDeluxe script for Autodesk Maya, a UV mapping toolset with UI and intergrated texture window. You can think of Maya’s Auto Seam as something similar to UV MAster in Zbrush. The tool works very similarly to the workflow within 3D Coat and has a bunch of key commands to make segmenting a model into UV shells much faster and much more comfortable.Īuto Seam is a great way to cut and unfold the models with one click automagically. 3 Maya UV Tools You Might Have MissedģD Cut and Sew UV Tool is a fast way to mark cuts and seams right in the 3D view. The tutorial covers the 3D Cut and Sew UV Tool, Auto Seam, and Symmetrize – All great additions that can help you do things faster, and items that potentially could be your new best friends. With a look at three compelling but overlooked UV tools is the team from FlippedNormals. That said, it would be natural to miss some features that you will instantly love.

There was a time when the features for Maya modeling and UV tools were coming a bit fast and furious.

FlippedNormals Has a Look at Some UV Tools in Maya That You Might Have Missed.
