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17/07/2025

🚀 UnwrellaConnect for Blender is here — and it’s free!

After 15 years of being exclusive to Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max, the acclaimed Unwrella UV engine is now available for Blender.

UnwrellaConnect is a production-ready extension that brings one-click automatic UV unwrapping and UV packing directly into Blender.

No exporting. No manual seams. No disruption to your workflow.

https://youtu.be/BiFyYPNrmDc

What you get:
✅ Seamless Blender integration
✅ 3 intelligent unwrap modes: Hard Surface, Organic, and Mosaic
✅ Ultra-fast UV packing with QuickPack
✅ Texel Density and Tile UV support
✅ Clean, fast and user-friendly UI

Unwrella-Connect works with:
🔹 Packer-IO (Free) (https://www.uv-packer.com/) -> for fast and precise UV packing
🔹 Unwrella-IO (Licensed*) (https://www.unwrella.com/) -> for full-featured automatic unwrapping and packing

Download & info:
https://www.unwrella.com/

_P.S. A demo version of Unwrella-IO is available. You can test all core features — including UV seam editing — before integrating it into your pipeline. The same functionality is available in Blender via Unwrella-Connect._

19/03/2025

3D-IO GmbH introduces Unwrella-IO (https://www.unwrella.com/), a powerful, standalone tool for automated UV unwrapping and packing, designed to save time and simplify workflow for 3D artists and designers.

With three specialized modes—Hard Surface, Organic, and Mosaic—Unwrella-IO efficiently unwraps everything from architectural models and mechanical objects to characters and complex photogrammetry scans.

Powered by UV-Packer, the software optimizes UV charts with unmatched speed and precision, while its intuitive drag-and-drop interface, Looks Shelf, and Object Manager streamline asset handling.

Unwrella-IO is available now. Try the demo and experience next-level UV automation.

🔗 Download & Learn More: https://www.unwrella.com/

07/05/2024

Exciting News from 3D-IO! 🎉 We are thrilled to launch Packer-IO (https://www.uv-packer.com/), our free, stand-alone application that revolutionizes UV map packing, previewing, and management. This innovative tool simplifies the process of organizing and compressing unwrapped polygons into UV sheets, boosting efficiency and enhancing texture quality.

Why Choose Packer-IO (https://www.uv-packer.com/)?

- Optimized UV-Map Packing: Advanced algorithms maximize space efficiency, improving texture quality.
- Rapid Processing: Swiftly handles thousands of clusters and millions of polygons.
- Advanced UV-Map Management: Streamlines organizing, editing, and optimizing UV maps.
- Versatile Viewing and Conversion Tools: Compatible with Windows and MacOS for seamless 3D object import and export.
- Intuitive Interface: Makes UV packing straightforward and user-friendly.
- Free for All: Available at no cost for commercial, private, or educational use.

Packer-IO stands as a testament to our commitment to accessibility and innovation in UV management. Available now for Windows and Mac users, it ensures your UV maps are optimally compressed and managed, independent of host applications.

07/05/2024

Exciting News from 3D-IO! 🎉 We are thrilled to launch Packer-IO, our free, stand-alone application that revolutionizes UV map packing, previewing, and management. This innovative tool simplifies the process of organizing and compressing unwrapped polygons into UV sheets, boosting efficiency and enhancing texture quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPV9_d7oqEs&list=PL7GFCN2Gr86iTZ_2kTPOYQDPOWpu7fIkJ

Why Choose Packer-IO?
- Optimized UV-Map Packing: Advanced algorithms maximize space efficiency, improving texture quality.
- Rapid Processing: Swiftly handles thousands of clusters and millions of polygons.
- Advanced UV-Map Management: Streamlines organizing, editing, and optimizing UV maps.
- Versatile Viewing and Conversion Tools: Compatible with Windows and MacOS for seamless 3D object import and export.
- Intuitive Interface: Makes UV packing straightforward and user-friendly.
- Free for All: Available at no cost for commercial, private, or educational use.

Packer-IO stands as a testament to our commitment to accessibility and innovation in UV management. Available now for Windows and Mac users, it ensures your UV maps are optimally compressed and managed, independent of host applications. Embrace efficiency in your creative projects with Packer-IO!

07/04/2024

3d-io has released the free plugin updates for Autodesk 2025 software: https://www.3d-plugin.com/

All customers can get the free updages from here: Customer Login https://licensing.3d-plugin.com/

The latest update of 3d-io’s 3d plug-ins comes in parallel to the annually release of Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya 2025.
All 3ds Max plug-ins (BonesPro, Flatiron, Unwrella and UV-Packer) have been recompiled, improved and made ready for production with the latest 3ds Max version.

06/04/2023

3d-io Announces free Update to all 3D-Plugins for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya 2024.

2023-Apr-04 3d-io is pleased to announce an update to Unwrella, BonesPro, FlatIron and UV-Packer, the sophisticated software solutions that has been helping 3d artists and companies achieve CG Productions.

This latest update to Unwrella, BonesPro, FlatIron, and UV-Packer includes upgrade to the latest Autodesk versions of 3ds Max 2024 and Maya 2024. The latest versions of the software provide compatibility and are free for all customers.

Unwrella, BonesPro, FlatIron, and UV-Packer users can download the latest version of the software from their customer download area at: https://licensing.3d-plugin.com/.

For more information about the update or to speak with a support representative from 3d-io, please contact us here in Discord or at https://www.3d-plugin.com/contact/

Visit the homepage of products:
Unwrela https://www.unwrella.com/
BonesPro https://www.bonespro.com/
FlatIron https://www.texturebaking.com/
UV-Packer https://www.uv-packer.com/
Exr-IO https://www.exr-io.com/

You can purchase the products from:
3d-Plugin Store: https://www.3d-plugin.com/

23/02/2023

# UV-Packer for Blender 1.4 Released

# # UV-Packer for Blender supports UV selections

One of the most requested features has been added to the newest release of UV-Packer - the ability to pack selected UV faces and UV isles. Artists can now select any combination of faces and islands in the UV sheet and pack only this selection.

Get the latest release of UV-Packer from:
https://www.uv-packer.com/blender/
The latest version of UV-Packer includes support for Windows and MacOS (Silicon & Intel) platforms.

# # [1.4.0] - 2023-Feb-23
- Support for packing UV selections
- Added more detailed descriptions for specific issues
- Fixed the random behavior when the "Pack" button does not execute the procedure

01/02/2023

3d-io has released UV-Packer for Unreal Engine as a free, fast and exact tool for automatically packing UV maps. UV-Packer optimally packs even massive geometries with a single click without the need to leave Unreal Engine or reimport assets.

Get info and download instructions from the official homepage:
https://www.uv-packer.com/download/

or directly from Unreal Engine Marketplace:
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/uv-packer

UV-Packer is a free, fast and exact tool for automatic packing of UV maps.

20/10/2022

𝗨𝗩-𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗢𝗦 - 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

UV-Packer for MacOS empowers Blender artists with free, accurate and fast UV packing of their 3D assets.

- The new version of UV-Packer includes support for MacOS (Silicon & Intel) platform.

UV-Packer is a free, fast and exact tool for automatic packing of UV clusters. It is a one-click answer to the laborious work of sorting and compressing unwrapped polygons into UV sheets.
UV-Packer for MacOS is our next logical step to bring Apple and Windows Users seamlessly under one umbrella and serve them with one unified solution for automatic UV packing of their 3D assets.

https://www.uv-packer.com/blender/

22/08/2022

Epic awards UV-Packer with an Epic MegaGrant!

https://www.uv-packer.com/epic-awards-uv-packer-with-an-epic-megagrant/

Epic MegaGrant

3d-io has been awarded an Epic MegaGrant to bring the free, automatic, and accurate UV packing plugin in Unreal Engine.

3d-io (www.3d-plugin.com), the creator of automatic tools for optimal UV mapping and texture baking, today announced that it has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games. The MegaGrant will be used to advance the development and integration of UV-Packer (www.uv-packer.com) with Unreal Engine. The integration of UV-Packer into Unreal Engine is designed to remove UV errors from imported assets in Unreal Engine and helps artists to create alternative and optimal UV packing layouts for additional UV channels.

22/08/2022

https://www.uv-packer.com/epic-awards-uv-packer-with-an-epic-megagrant/

Epic MegaGrant

3d-io has been awarded an Epic MegaGrant to bring the free, automatic, and accurate UV packing plugin in Unreal Engine.

3d-io (www.3d-plugin.com), the creator of automatic tools for optimal UV mapping and texture baking, today announced that it has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games. The MegaGrant will be used to advance the development and integration of UV-Packer (www.uv-packer.com) with Unreal Engine. The integration of UV-Packer into Unreal Engine is designed to remove UV errors from imported assets in Unreal Engine and helps artists to create alternative and optimal UV packing layouts for additional UV channels.