Overview
Have you ever tried to build a UV texture map in Lightwave? If so, you’ve run across the undeniable fact that the tools provided fall way short of what you would hope for. Sure, you can generate a UV map, but once you have it, it’s a serious pain to modify. Moving polygons in UV Space is also a serious pain. Getting polys to line up with each other is next-to-impossible. In short, there’s no way to create a UV map that minimizes distortion or gives you the right amount of detail in your texture map where you need it.
Enter ResPower Super/UV, a plug-in for Lightwave Modeler designed specifically to give you the set of tools you need to create the best UV map you can imagine. Now you can have each polygons’ UV coordinates laid out exactly the way you want to, quickly and easily.
These great features are all now available for FREE in Super/UV Pro:
- SUVPolySnap: adjoins two polygons and snaps them together
- SUVPolyMove: lets you move polygons in UV space without re-welding points
- SUVPolyScale: allows polygon scaling in UV space
- SUVPolyRotate: allows polygon rotation in UV space for easier texturing
- SUVPolyStretch: allows polygon manipulation in UV space to distort the original scale
- SUVMapExport: converts UV to Enhanced Metafile Format (*.emf) for use with 2D graphics software
- SUVMapFit: scales polygons to fill UV space while maintaining their aspect ratio
- SUVFitStretch: scales polygons to fill UV space by distorting their original scale
These features make Super/UV Pro the ideal plug-in for UV mapping.
Download
Super/UV Pro is freely available for download. The plug-in is considered beta for all versions of Lightwave 7.5 or greater on 32 and 64 bit Windows. Support for Mac OS X is coming soon.
- Super/UV for Lightwave 7.5 and greater on Windows (32 & 64 bit) – Version 2004.03.14.13 [Release 1.02]
Download Now: Super/UV Pro .zip package - Mac OS X Users:
Coming soon.
Manual
Tutorials
Known Issues
- Some users have mentioned the need to use the “Lock UVs to Polygon” command (under Map->Texture) in order to get UV surfaces to show up in Modeler and Layout.
Change Log
- 2006.12.27.14 – [2.0 BETA 1]
- No major changes other than licensing. Super/UV is now Free-as-in-beer, so enjoy it!
- v2004.03.14.13 [Release 1.02]
- Added SUVAbout command to display a message box containing version info about Super/UV and Lightwave, as well as the dongle id.
- v2004.02.21.12 [Release 1.01]
- Fixed bug – SUVMapExport was not giving a trial period
- v2004.02.17.11 [Release 1.00]
- First official release