Archive notice: This historical article was originally published in March 2020. Dates, statements and links are preserved from the original.UVPackmaster 2 for 3ds Max is here: the extensive UV packing tool is now also available as a plug-in for the DCC software. The tool offers the option of carrying out packing on both the CPU and GPUs (requires CUDA support).
UVPackmaster Features
The software is integrated as a modifier and contains the following functions:
- Efficient UV packing algorithm
- UV Ialand area measurement
- Detection of overlapping UV islands
- Heuristic search algorithm
- Packing for non-square texture
- Add UV island to existing packing
- Precise calculation of the pixel margin
- Overlapping UV Islands Lock
- Grouping of UV islands
- UDIM support
- Packing with GPU
- Heuristic search with all devices simultaneously (CPU and all GPUs)
Availability
UVPackmaster is available for Windows and macOS and is compatible with 3ds Max versions 2017 to 2020. Alongside a free trial version, “Single User” licences for $39 (one user) and “Studio” licences from $119 (2–5 users), among others, can be purchased on Gumroad. Updates are free.
Further information: To the official website and on Gumroad
