Unfold3D Impressions and issues
Dec 7, 2017 21:35:41 GMT
Remi Arquier, ChrisGFX, and 2 more like this
Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 21:35:41 GMT
I'm currently evaluating Unfold3d. It's a great piece of software, but I have some issues that keep me from loving it.
1. Lack of Modo bridge. I could potentially make one, but I don't have the time right now. But hopefully one might appear some time soon.
2. Lack of manual (or is there one and I haven't found it?). That combined with the fact that on MacOS (which I'm currently evaluating the software on), the tooltips don't seem to work makes me feel a bit lost.
3. The edge selection based on Angles is nice, but is there no way to select only hard edges? Especially when I want to make lightmap UVs, making sure there are seams on the hard edges is a must.
4. The auto orient feature sometimes messes up, which is true for all software, but I'm trying to find a way to fix them by selecting an edge that should be horizontal or vertical and have it fix the island orientation based on that (modo for example, has a tool that does this), but I couldn't find a way to do it without it distorting the overall island shape.
The last two could be features that are there but I'm unable to find. The lack of manual and tooltips certainly isn't aiding me.
Other than that, I'm finding it impressive.
1. Lack of Modo bridge. I could potentially make one, but I don't have the time right now. But hopefully one might appear some time soon.
2. Lack of manual (or is there one and I haven't found it?). That combined with the fact that on MacOS (which I'm currently evaluating the software on), the tooltips don't seem to work makes me feel a bit lost.
3. The edge selection based on Angles is nice, but is there no way to select only hard edges? Especially when I want to make lightmap UVs, making sure there are seams on the hard edges is a must.
4. The auto orient feature sometimes messes up, which is true for all software, but I'm trying to find a way to fix them by selecting an edge that should be horizontal or vertical and have it fix the island orientation based on that (modo for example, has a tool that does this), but I couldn't find a way to do it without it distorting the overall island shape.
The last two could be features that are there but I'm unable to find. The lack of manual and tooltips certainly isn't aiding me.
Other than that, I'm finding it impressive.
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