FFD-like modifier for UVW Mapping

[Anonymous]

It would be nice if we could apply an FFD-style modifier to the islands in the UVW mapping window, so we can have additional tools to control and stretch uvs with some finesse.  

For example, i have a piece of an arm chair that I have to unwrap, and it maps a little strange.  The falloff brush tool works ok, but it's very putsy and I find myself trying to remap the uvs on almost a vertex level, which gives me wavy-looking results in the texture map.  

If I could just throw a UVW FFD Modifier on the object, and stretch out one corner, it would all map nicely.   Bonus points for additional bezier-like controls on the UVW FFD modifier similar to the warp tool in photoshop!

 

[michael_spaw]

Cool idea.

-Michael

[SpencerBoom]

Would love to see this! It hasn't made it into Max 2020 has it? 

[thomasmarrone]

This would make my life so much easier. I'm consistently UVing complex shapes using a tiling texture set and being able to FFD the UVs would produce much cleaner results much more quickly.

[Anonymous]

This would be a fantastic addition to Max's current UV toolset, as in my job I've encountered countless scenarios where an FFD-type modifier would be useful when UVing.  The entire team I work for has been talking about how this would be an awesome tool alleviating a lot of headache.

[Tumerboy]

Yes please!

[etienne.beschet]

@Kelly_Michels Any update on this ?