Clicking again on the same face will remove it. Use the LMB to add a cluster center directly on a polygon face. Having this convenient function helps to keep you from forgetting the location of any seam or cluster.ģDCoat also supports the creation and editing of multiple UV maps on a single mesh, but note that polygons cannot be shared across UV Maps. When you mark a new seam, 3DCoat unwraps islands in real-time and shows you the preview of the unwrapped clusters immediately so that you can see the degree of distortion for every polygon on every island. Further, you can also perform projection unwrapping. There is LSCM unwrapping, ABF++ unwrapping and 3DCoat’s proprietary GUUV unwrapping method (Globally Uniform).

You can specify which unwrapping algorithm you wish to use. At any time in the UV Mapping process, new seams can be placed and new maps created, which vary from those layouts made in the Retopo Room. These adjustments being made in the Retopo Room, first, followed by Unwrapping the modified mesh and bringing the new Map into the UV Room for final island positioning and packing. When altering an existing UV Map, small changes to model topology are sometimes desirable. By marking and having UV Seams, 3DCoat will know where to cut the mesh and lay it flat for texture application, via 3D and 2D means (3DCoat’s Paint Room, Photoshop, etc.).

To unwrap an Object (Paint or Retopo), it first must have UV Seams. That said, note that the UV tools in both rooms are exactly the same, and this page contains all of the UV Unwrapping information. A Retopo Object must have a UV Map before Baking to a Paint Object. If you wish to UV Map a Retopo Object, you can do so from the Retopo Room.

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