by Shift A Technologies·Workflow
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Unwrap Me earns its place in the superhive library as a research-based, Blender-exclusive seam generator that grows UV charts from face selections and works alongside seams you place by hand. It's open-source and still experimental, with free updates as development continues.
Unwrap Me - Auto UV Seams is an automatic seam generator built exclusively for Blender by Shift A Technologies, based on computer graphics research. Instead of placing seams by hand, you can seam an entire mesh at once or grow UV islands by selecting one or more faces, watching charts spread across the mesh around those selections.
An Auto Seam operator built on a fast algorithm handles meshes up to millions of faces, and an Edge Walk operator creates seams along edge loops. The Developability setting limits stretch-error so the final unwrap carries less distortion, and Unwrap Me can remove self-intersecting chart overlaps caused by Blender's unwrapper. It generates seams on complex meshes with bad topology and produces larger, better connected, similarly sized charts than UV Smart Project.
Charts won't grow past existing seams or hidden faces, so you can seam some parts manually and let the addon handle the rest. Unwrap Me is open-source and still experimental, with free updates. It runs on Windows and Linux, and macOS is not currently supported.
Unwrap Me - Auto Uv Seams is best for blender artists who want to automate UV seam placement, mix manual and automatic seaming on the same mesh, and cut down on texture stretching after unwrapping.
Unwrap Me - Auto Uv Seams is completely free to download and use.
Unwrap Me does not currently support macOS. It runs on Windows or on a Linux PC, where it is tested on Linux Mint, an Ubuntu-based distribution. macOS support appears among the developer's potential future features but isn't available today. If you work on macOS, check the developer's page for the current status before relying on Unwrap Me in your pipeline.
Unwrap Me is mainly tested on and aims to support LTS versions of Blender and up. The developer keeps a full supported-version list, so check the developer's page to confirm your exact Blender build is covered before installing. It installs like a regular Blender addon, so once you're on a supported version, setup follows Blender's standard add-on process. The addon is built exclusively for Blender.
Unwrap Me installs like a regular Blender addon, following Blender's standard add-on installation process. Before installing, make sure you're on a supported platform: it runs on Windows or a Linux PC, and macOS is not currently supported. On the Blender-version side, it targets LTS releases and up, so confirm your build against the developer's supported-version list. Once enabled, the Auto Seam and Edge Walk operators become available for generating seams.
Unwrap Me includes a Developability setting that limits stretch-error, so the final unwrap carries less distortion. It can also remove self-intersecting chart overlaps caused by Blender's unwrapper, though not overlaps caused by the mesh topology itself. On top of that, it produces larger, better connected, similarly sized charts than UV Smart Project, which helps keep textures cleaner across the mesh.
Unwrap Me is listed as free here in the catalog, and it's open-source with free updates. It can be tried from GitHub, and it's also offered through Blendermarket. Development news and discussion are available on Blenderartists. Because licensing and distribution details can change over time, check the developer's page for the current terms before you download it or build it into a commercial project.
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