u/sargisstg

Hi all. I've been a 3D artist for 13+ years and tired every time exporting and importing when working on UVs, so over the last few months I built my own. It's called UV Unfoldr.

It runs inside Max 2022–2027 on top of a normal Unwrap UVW modifier, so everything stays undoable and your scenes stay standard. Highlights:

• Shift+click selects the run of edges between two clicks, with a live preview
• Straighten Shell turns curved strips into clean grids. Alt+T / Alt+V keep edges straight through Unfold
• Unfold (U), Optimize (O), and Unfold / Optimize / Move brushes you paint with
• Live checker on the model while you drag
• Select / stack / group similar islands, including mirrored ones
• Packer that follows real shell outlines and keeps stacks together
• And much, much more

It's in beta and launching soon. Two questions for people who unwrap in Max a lot:

1. What slows you down most in Unwrap UVW today?
2. What's missing that you'd need before switching?

Happy to answer anything in the comments.