{"id":11,"date":"2018-09-12T01:50:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T01:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uvlayout.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2019-03-09T01:03:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T01:03:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uvlayout.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using UVLayout could be described as the opposite of dress making; instead of cutting out a flat pattern and sewing that up to make clothing, in UVLayout the object is cut into pieces that are then flattened out to make the pattern. These flattened UV shells are not just planar projections; an optimizing algorithm is used to spread the UVs out, as you watch, so that there&#8217;s minimal stretching, compression or skewing of textures when they&#8217;re applied to the object. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<center> <table class=figs-table cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5><tr valign=top>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/start1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/start1.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=      120 height=       100><\/a><br> Start Mesh<\/center><\/td>\n<td width= 10><\/td>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/start2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/start2.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=      120 height=       100><\/a><br> Cutting Up<\/center><\/td>\n<td width= 10><\/td>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/start3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/start3.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=      120 height=       100><\/a><br> Ready to Flatten<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr><tr><td colspan=10><center><b> 1] User Defines The UV Seams<\/b><\/center><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<\/center>\n<center> <table class=figs-table cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5><tr valign=top>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/flat1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/flat1.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=       79 height=       100><\/a><br> Beginning<\/center><\/td>\n<td width= 10><\/td>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/flat2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/flat2.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=       86 height=       100><\/a><br> Middle<\/center><\/td>\n<td width= 10><\/td>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/flat3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/flat3.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=      120 height=       100><\/a><br> End<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr><tr><td colspan=10><center><b> 2] UVLayout Flattens It Out<\/b><\/center><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<\/center>\n<center> <table class=figs-table cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5><tr valign=top>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/final1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/final1.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=      107 height=       100><\/a><br> Distortion Feedback<\/center><\/td>\n<td width= 10><\/td>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/final2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/final2.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=      107 height=       100><\/a><br> Checkered<\/center><\/td>\n<td width= 10><\/td>\n<td><center><a href=\"\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/final3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img border=0 src=\/uvlayout\/egtorso\/final3.small.jpg\n        alt=\"[click to zoom]\" width=      107 height=       100><\/a><br> Textured<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr><tr><td colspan=10><center><b> 3] Final Result<\/b><\/center><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>\nSome major features of UVLayout are:\n<ul>\n<li> <b> OBJ<\/b> import and export\n<li> <b> Edge-loop Detection<\/b> for quicker UV seam selection\n<li> <b> Symmetry Editing<\/b> for faster flattening of symmetrical meshes\n<li> <b> Color Feedback<\/b> for instant evaluation of distortion errors\n<li> <b> Edge Straightening<\/b> on shell boundaries and interiors\n<li> <b> Flattening Brushes<\/b> for local tweaks of the automatically generated UVs\n<li> <b> Auto Packing<\/b> of UV shells to minimize wasted texture space\n<li> <b> Auto Stacking<\/b> of similar shells for shared texture space usage\n<li> <b> Subdivision Surface<\/b> calculations based on limit surface shape\n<li> <b> Unlimited Undo<\/b> of all editing functions\n<li> <b> Plugin Interface<\/b> for integration into other applications\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter has-fixed-layout pro-menu-H menu-H margin-top\"><tbody><tr><td><h3><a href=\"\/about\/history\/\">UVLayout History<\/a><\/h3><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using UVLayout could be described as the opposite of dress making; instead of cutting out a flat pattern and sewing that up to make clothing, in UVLayout the object is cut into pieces that are then flattened out to make the pattern. 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