Arrange UV islands ?

[pimeto]

Hello there!
I might be asking the dumbest question - i dont know, because i dont think there is a solution about this, so im taking the risk.

is there a way, after you unwrap your model, all the pieces to me automaticaly arranged in the UV space, whitout any change in scale... ?
I uwrapped the model, i have like 30 pieces of my model and now i manualy arrange them in the UV cube... this is insane!
Is there a way in XSi (i dont know a way to arrange them) or is there a plug in or something ?
Thank you!

[Zafar Iqbal]

Sadly, no. I've been missing such a feature too.

[gaboraa]

Take a look at this topic http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php? ... #msg271889

It contains some useful infos about this issue

[Zafar Iqbal]

That sounds interesting - must give it a try very soon. Thanks for sharing.

[ace63]

Its too bad SI doesn't have something like this built in - also the UV Editor features are not exposed in the SDK as far as I know making things not much easier.

I am lucky to own 3D Coat which has a Auto UV Scale and packing function, so I use that as long as SI doesn't have this

[pimeto]

Thanks for the reply's!
The thread Gaboraa linked is from 2009 ?! Are those UV props are still unavailable in XSi 2011 ?
I dont know, we really need this thing! Its pain to manipulate a lot of stuff...

[gaboraa]

Here is a video about the process
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7e6mylJPxk

I don't have much time to do a test with more complex objects but I am sure it can be used with complex meshes as well