UVs Menu

The UV menu contains functions for UVs creation and management.

UVs (texture coordinates) is information included in meshes that are used to properly display texture maps over these meshes.

Note

See also the page About UVs.to learn more about UVs

Menu option	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
Generate UV by Projection	Generates UVs using a projection on the axis-aligned bounding box (AABB) of the selection
Generate UV by Unwrapping	Generates UV fit by automatically cutting and unwrapping meshes
Repack UV	Automatically packs all UV islands in the [0,1] UV space
Normalize UV	Automatically scales UVs to the [0,1] UV space
Resize UV To Texture Size	Resizes the UVs existing on a mesh, so they can be used to display a texture with a specific size in "real word" (scanned textures have a real-world size, expressed in real-size units, not pixels) Give a texture target size (in millimeters), and UVs are automatically resized. This is particularly useful when UVs have been automatically generated using (see Continuous UVs from CAD Models)
Swap UV Channel	Inverts UVs from 1 UV channel to another, when multiple UV channels exist on the selected Parts
Remove UV	Cleans UVs from the selected channel on the selected Parts
Copy UV	Copies UVs from 1 UV channel to another, when multiple UV channels exist on the selected Parts
UV Projection Tool	Activates the UV Projection Tool, composed of a 3D manipulator & a control panel to add UVs to a selection of parts, using basic UV projections (Box, Plane, Cylinder…)	SHIFT + U
UV Viewer	Opens a UV 2D representation	CTRL + U