Quote - > Quote - That's obviously not a tiny project, and I'm kind of wondering if it would be possible in the long run to generate some money with it.

Well the best UV mapping tool is probably headus UVLayout, but it's not cheap. There's also free apps like Roadkill and of course the tools in various modellers. If you make something that can compete in terms of features and/or price, i'm sure a lot of people would buy it.

Yep, UVLayout is the one that doesn't suck. Everything else I've seen, even in high-end software that goes for 10k a license, was pretty pathetic. You see, I have some professional experience optimizing mesh geometries, so I think there's a good chance I could do better than UVLayout's algorithm. What I'm not so sure about is whether there's actually a big enough market. You need a decent GUI and lots of different tools and options for a program like that to be useful, which obviously takes some effort. But if I could figure out what people are missing the most in available software, I might be able to start small, maybe with something that would let people map typical clothes really easily, and build up from that.

Anyway, I'll go and start that thread in 3d modeling later tonight. I hope they're not to fussy over there about subjects with a potential commercial aspect.

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