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Smoothing/Relaxing a mesh interactively
Sometimes you only want to partially unfold a mesh. For this, you can use
the UV Smooth tool to interactively unfold or relax the mesh.
To partially unfold the UV mesh
1 In the UV Texture Editor, select all the UVs.
2 Select Tool > Smooth UV Tool >
.
The Smooth UV Tool options window appears.
3 Select Edit > Reset Settings.
4 Set Space to UV Space.
5 Click Apply and Close.
Two controls appear over the UV mesh called Unfold and Relax.
6 Click Unfold and drag the mouse to the right.
The UV mesh unfolds as you drag the mouse to the left.
7 Continue to drag until the bottom of the UV mesh until it roughly
resembles the picture below.
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