Hi, I'm new and trying to unwrap an organic static mesh. I don't need it to be perfect — just better than Blender’s Smart UV Project. I thought Zen UV could help with that. I can’t find any clear tutorial on how to do this properly. When I use Mark by Angle and then unwrap with Zen UV, the result is worse than Smart UV Project (many more vertex islands), even after tweaking the angle. For now, I’ve gone back to Blender’s Smart UV Project, but I regret my purchase. Thanks for your help!

Unfortunately, Zen UV doesn’t include tools for fully automatic unwrapping. It’s a set of instruments designed to assist you and speed up your workflow — if you already understand how UV unwrapping works. Creating a good unwrap automatically is essentially impossible. Blender’s Smart UV Project only sounds “smart” — in reality, it simply cuts the model into small patches based on angles, which rarely gives meaningful results. However, you can try the Auto Unwrap operator in Zen UV. It uses an external algorithm and might help you get a better starting point.

Yes, I completely understand. I’m familiar with the usual UV unwrapping workflow for low-poly meshes, and in that case it’s true that a good auto unwrap is nearly impossible to achieve. However, I’m currently working on meshes that are not low-poly, meant to be integrated into Unreal with Nanite, so I’m looking for a new workflow with automatic unwrap. The quality of a good auto unwrap (without isolated vertices) would be perfectly sufficient for what I need. Unfortunately, after spending an entire afternoon searching for the ideal plugin, I chose yours—since most users seem to agree it’s the best one. However, after many tests, and especially thanks to your very clear explanation, I now realize that it doesn’t suit my specific needs. I’m quite frustrated to have spent the afternoon researching only to make the wrong decision. I’m not questioning the quality of the plugin itself—I understand its usefulness for manual unwrapping—but it simply doesn’t match what I’m looking for. Would it by any chance be possible to request a refund? I purchased the plugin on Gumroad via PayPal. Thank you very much for your support and understanding. The plugin looks great, I’m just sorry it doesn’t fit what I was looking for. I’m now 100% sure I won’t be using it.

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