3DSMax<->RizomUV/Unfold3D Bridge Extended Edition

By

Titus

It's a bridge for UVs editing between two programs:

3DSMax by Autodesk and RizomUV/Unfold3D by RizomLab

License:

Personal, Indie and Studio Licenses are available. Personal licenses do NOT apply to companies. For Indie and Studios purchases, script cannot be redistributed or resold unless as embedded components of electronic/interactive media.

How to install:

- Drag'n'Drop into 3dsmax viewport

or

- 3dsmax > Scripting > Run Script > select RizomUV/Unfold3D bridge MZP file

After setup you will see RizomUV/Unfold3D icon at main toolbar.

(Sometimes administrator rights needed)

How it works:

In 3dsmax :

- Select object or multiple objects

- Select editing mode

- Press Unfold3D (button with Unfold3D logo)

In Unfold3d:

- Create or edit UVs

- Press Save

After pressing Save button in RizomUV/Unfold3D - will be closed, 3DSMax window will reappear and UVs will be assigned like modifiers on object or objects.

Buttons description:

- Big button with RizomUV/Unfold3D logo - send selected objects to RizomUV/Unfold3D, objects must be editable poly, if you have an modifiers stack - script will collapse it to editable poly automatically. So be careful a.

- Right Mouse Button (RMB) click on mode options(new,edit,preset) open current Lua script with notepad. So you can edit it and save, or save as a new preset.

- RMB click on dropbox (presets list) - reload/update presets list.

Extended edition only:

- Small "S" button at top/right corner  - Settings panel. Allows to pre define almost all settings for RizomUV/Unfold3D.

Features of Extended Edition:

- AutoOps tab in settings panel - Allows you to send object to Unfold3D and make predefined operation on it.

- Non-destructive workflow - it keeps modifiers 

- Works with UV channels from 1 to 99

- Faster exchange between 3dsmax and RizomUV/Unfold3D

- Two exchange formats: OBJ and FBX

How to edit a preset file:

- In RizomUV/Unfold3D open a Script and Command log window (default shortcut "L")

- And you will see log for changed commands/parameters, so you can select necessary lines and copy/paste them into preset file, and that's it.

Script requirements:

- 3dsmax 2012/2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018

- Unfold3D 2017.0.27.g2c0aab2.master or 2017.0.17. Older versions are not supported. (script versions Unfold3dBridge ExtEd 1.02 and 1.01)

- RizomUV_VSRS.2018.0.70  (script version RizomUVBridgeExtEd 1.08/1.09 )

- RizomUV_VSRS.2018.0.161 and UP (script version RizomUVBridgeExtEd 1.10 )

Support/FAQ:

- Unfold3D Forum page

Many thanks and happy UV-ing! 

*Digital products are non-refundable