Flatiron: Optimal Scene UV Generation
Flatiron is a new, robust and simple whole-scene unwrapping and baking solution for Autodesk 3D Studio Max™, based on Unwrella’s unique unwrapping technology.
It was developed for the high demands of graphics designers in real world production environments and provides a fast, simple and optimal full-scene unwrapping and baking solution.
Flatiron allows to bake textures for multiple objects into a single map in a few simple steps. Baking lightmaps or any other type of render element into large and complex scenes can be done with a few mouse clicks. Flatiron automatically takes care of the unwrapping and packing process and creates UV maps with an optimal distribution. This process minimizes the visibility of texture seams and image corruption that is caused by pixel stretching. The UV area of all objects is kept proportional to their mesh surface area.
Simplifies workflow, advanced options available
At minimum, only 4 simple operations are necessary for the full unwrapping and baking process from start to finish. Users that require additional options and want to fine-tune render parameters have all the usual render-to-texture options from the standard Max built-in “render-to-texture” dialog available.
Significantly improves quality of baked textures: Seams and pixel stretching are minimized
The unwrapping algorithm is based on 3d-io’s Unwrella plug-in technology, offering noticeably better results than the MAX built-in “Flatten” modifier when final rendered images are compared side-by-side. The unwrapping process is done fully automatic, and creates optimized results with a minimal number of charts, seams and texture stretch.
Top-of-the-line packing algorithm: Optimal UV space usage
Packing large numbers of chunks for hundreds of unwrapped objects is done with 3d-io’s Unwrella plug-in based UV packing technology. Charts are packed quickly and optimaly, yielding high texture space usage while at the same time respecting user selectable gutter padding and texture sizes.
Versatility
Flatiron consistently delivers quality results with all kinds of 3d models from 3d game objects to industrial designs to complex, irregular organic shapes.
Availability
The Flatiron whole scene unwrapping and baking solution plug-in for Autodesk™ 3ds Max™ is now available in a free and fully functional “Open Beta” release on its homepage:
Flatiron Webpage
flatiron (coming soon)
Developers Webpage
http://www.3d-io.com
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