Changelog

Changelog#

Unreleased#

  • Added Cut UV to the UV Editor

    • Click to cut and Alt Click to stitch

    • Click and drag to draw cuts or stitches

    • Double click to operate on loops

    • Ctrl click to cut or stitch shortest paths

    • Double click on a face to select the island

  • Added a Refine operator that moves each UV face towards its 3D angles and proportions

    • You can also allow it to run automatically while unwrapping or cutting and stitching

  • Added UV Flow panels to the UV Editor sidebar

  • Improved unwrapping to the island’s original size

1.1.4#

  • Added new Refine UVs operator

    • Iteratively moves each face toward its 3D proportions and angles

    • Unlike Minimize Stretch it can improve the overall island shape

    • It works great with pins unlike Minimum Stretch unwrapping

    • Added as an option when unwrapping and straightening

  • Added a UV Flow tab to the UV Editor sidebar, with the same panels as the 3D View sidebar

  • Added a Refine panel to the 3D View sidebar

  • Added a play button to the Unwrap, Straighten, Refine, and Pack panel headers, so they can be run without expanding the panel

  • The UV Editor’s Visual Debug panel is now only shown with Developer Extras enabled

  • Fixed a few issues with Straightening

1.1.3#

  • Added Auto unwrap method

    • Unwraps with Angle Based, then uses Minimum Stretch on any islands with too much stretching

  • Repaced Auto Align during Unwrap with Straightening

  • Added redo controls for straightening

  • Added straightening to Object Mode

  • Add hotkey U for UV Flow menu in Object Mode

  • Added option to unwrap islands to their original size

  • Improved default island margin

  • Fixed several straightening issues

  • Fixed Y and Z symmetry

1.1.2#

  • Added option for selection backface culling

  • Improved straightening and added it back to the tool header

  • Fixed issue with registering add-on in certain setups

  • Fixed compatibility with add-ons that unregister the UV panel

  • Fixed issues when faces are hidden in Edit Mode

  • Fixed a few misc. errors

1.1.1#

  • Fixed loop marking in Blender 5.1

  • Added workaround for Blender bug in Blender 5.1.0

1.1.0#

IMPORTANT: Due to the significant changes in the UV API in Blender 5.0, this version can only be installed in Blender 5.0+. For earlier Blender versions, please use the 1.0.3 release.

  • Full Blender 5.0 support

  • New face drag operator for quickly defining boundaries of an island

  • Improved tagging seams near mesh boundaries

  • Improved pre-selection highlighting

  • Improved statusbar hotkey hints

1.0.3#

  • Fixed drawing seam target dots on Mac

  • Added support for Blender 5.0

    • Straightening does not yet work in 5.0 and will be added back in the next version

1.0.2#

Keymaps:

  • Two new alternative keymaps were added for those using non-default navigation keymaps

  • All hotkeys are now listed in the add-on preferences

  • Shift click can now toggle face selection off instead of just adding to the selection

  • The Ctrl key on the right of the keyboard now works for tagging shortest path

  • Double clicking to select an island now works with right click select

New features:

  • Added operator for selecting island boundaries to the UV Editor Select menu

Improvements:

  • The highlight color while drawing seams now switches to red when clearing seams

  • Fixed conflict with some other add-ons

  • Fixed straightening rings in many situations

  • Fixed incorrect proportions after straightening

  • Fixed developer debug statements being printed to console when not in dev mode

1.0.1#

  • Fixed solidified seam color not always updating correctly

1.0.0#

  • We’re out of beta!

  • Updated documentation

  • Fixed help menu broken when installing add-on as extension

  • Fixed issue with Auto Unwrap not working with tagging the shortest path

0.9.14#

  • Added extension support for Blender 4.2+

  • Added new checker texture with arrows

  • Fixed warning when changing seam color with overlays off

  • Fixed seam overlay glitch when unwrapping with non-uniform scale

  • Fixed issue with straightening in Blender 4.3

0.9.13#

  • Finished first version of one-click straightening

  • Improved tagging loops on extremely high poly meshes

0.9.12#

  • Added option to not scale islands when packing

  • Fixed many smaller bugs

0.9.11#

  • Removed console print statements when not in dev environment

  • Continued work on Alignment

  • Fixed compatibility with RetopoFlow 4.0

0.9.10#

  • Refactored tool enter and exit to be instantaneous

  • Added hotkeys for unwrapping and packing (Shift Alt U, Shift Alt P)

  • Fixed splitting concave angles

  • Fixed several smaller bugs

0.9.9#

  • Improved installing new UV Flow versions

  • Added new Set UV Scale operator and unwrap option for matching UVs to a set texel density or real world scale

  • Added option to duplicate UV layers

0.9.8#

  • A new option for creating seams from islands is in the UV Map menu

  • Selecting islands in the 3D View can now auto-focus on and auto-select the island in the UV Editor

  • The option for auto packing has been removed

  • Edges are now deselected after clearing seams for better visibility

  • Experimental straightening options have been added to the UV Editor but are still heavily WIP

  • Fixed overlays sometimes appearing when saving while tool was not active

  • Fixed edge highlight skewing in small viewports

  • Fixed viewport display changing for wire and bbox objects when enabling the checker grid

  • Fixed several other small issues

0.9.7#

  • Edit Mode operators are now part of the Edit Mode UV menu

  • Improved styling of settings in sidebar and tool properties

  • Fixed occasional preselection highlight console error

  • Fixed material properties buttons not showing when using Eevee

  • Fixed packing multiple objects in Object Mode

  • Fixed module cleansing when uninstalling or updating

0.9.6#

  • The unwrap operator was sped up considerably

  • Average Islands when packing now supports un-applied object scale

  • All Object Mode operators now support the redo panel

  • UV Checkers now support curve and surface object types

  • New buttons were added to the Unwrap popover for marking and clearing split edges as seams

  • New Object Mode operators were added for selecting all objects or faces that use the active material

  • A new button was added to the material properties for packing all objects using the material

  • Packing multiple objects by material has been improved

  • Fixed error when packing with no UV layers

  • Fixed overlay import error on Mac

  • Fixed incorrect packing margins

  • Fixed issue when active object wasn’t part of the selection

  • Fixed double right click not marking loop

  • Added tooltips to all operators

0.9.3#

  • Added Alt + Right Click as a hotkey for clearing seams, for those using Emulate 3 Button Mouse

  • Fixed error when marking seams when the mesh has no UV layers

  • Fixed tagging shortest path blocking undo when hovering over the mesh

  • Left clicking outside the mesh now clears selection, similar to other Blender tools

  • Left click dragging outside the mesh now performs a box selection

  • Fixed slowdown when holding Ctrl to tag the shortest path

  • Object mode operations now support the redo panel

  • Fixed unwrapping and packing in object mode not always including the right objects

  • Fixed overlay object not being fully cleaned up when exiting to object mode

  • Fixed checker texture not always disabling correctly

0.9.2#

  • Removed sidebar tab that was causing a crash

  • Fixed packing by material when object has not material slots

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