Seems to me that for anyone wanting to use Substance Painter this will be unbelievably useful. That's why I'm anxiously waiting for it.
Go, go, go

@wo3dan said:

Maybe you could achieve desired results by working inside a model component (entire model as a component) with multiple instances of that component all rotated about 90 degrees (top / front / L-side etc.). This workflow is very flexible. Assign different layers to each of these instances and work with scenes to view either one / two / three / four / or whatever number of "views" of your model.

Clever idea

@pixero said:

I'm really thrilled about this plugin.
One thought though.
Personally I don't have anything against it but I think the name WrapR might be a bit to cryptic for a lot of people.
At least consider a more descriptive name.

UnWrapR

Yes! Oh, yes, yes, yes.

@TIG

See this which discusses what I did with your suggestions/comments in mind:

Page not found - Thea Render

Thea Render (www.thearender.com)

@box said:

Each of the movements are me selecting vertices and moving them with the Vertex Gizmo just like in the ones earlier.

That's all I really needed to know. Thank you.

Considering all that you have already provided in the practical use of these new tools I feel somewhat guilty in asking you to do the same step-by-step tutorial for the creation of your sports bra. It may not seem so to you, but for numb-noses like me these tuts are REALLY, REALLY helpful.
I've spent so many years using SU with the native tools and Ruby plugins/extensions that I'm finding it more than a little difficult re-structuring my workflow. At this point it's not obvious that the quad workflow is better/faster. I'm trusting in all of you "quad guys" that, in the long run, the quad workflow is the "way of the future".

Thank you again for your great explanations.

@whaat
This is the stuff that has distracted me from the PB2 beta testing. It's not fair for these guys to dangle M&Ms in front of a chocoholic

I purchased a model in .obj format from Turbosquid. Within the OBJ folder are .obj files and .mtl files. In addition to the OBJ folder there is a TEXTURES folder containing .tif files.
I've tried several ways to import the model into SU. The only time anything was actually imported was when I used "Import as Mesh", but some of the model was missing (size=feet) and there were no textures or materials.

The Cortaderia_variant1.obj file contains identification of the .mtl file:

==========================================================================

Wavefront OBJ format exported by Red-i Productions' "Riptide Pro"

(a commercial plugin for Cinema 4D PC & Mac, R9.6 or later)

Red-i Productions

http://skinprops.com

==========================================================================

mtllib Cortaderia_variant1.mtl
o si3d_0031_leaf01
v -0.00283137 0.010224 0.114454
v -0.000566467 0.00851267 0.116015
v 0.00263311 0.00845039 0.116518
v -0.0110162 0.0498717 0.168671
v -0.00835776 0.0478127 0.170411
v -0.00461871 0.0477404 0.171001
v -0.0204793 0.0850494.....................

The mtllib Cortaderia_variant1.mtl file contains:

==========================================================================

Wavefront Material file

Exported by Red-i Productions' "Riptide Pro"

(a commercial plugin for Cinema 4D PC & Mac, R9.6 or later)

Red-i Productions

http://skinprops.com

==========================================================================

newmtl default_Mat
illum 2
Kd 0.800000 0.800000 0.800000

newmtl si3d_0031_leaf01
Ns 50.781250
illum 2
Kd 0.800000 0.800000 0.800000
map_Kd si3d_0031_leaf01.tif
bump si3d_0031_leaf01_rel.tif
map_d si3d_0031_leaf01_a.tif

newmtl si3d_0031_leaf02
Ns 50.781250
illum 2
Kd 0.800000 0.800000 0.800000
map_Kd si3d_0031_leaf02.tif
bump si3d_0031_leaf01_rel.tif
map_d si3d_0031_leaf01_a.tif

etc,
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.
.
.
.

The textures folder contains:

@unknownuser said:

but if Trimble tweak future SketchUp versions to specifically exclude unsigned RBZ installation, then that will in all likelihood mean the demise of those particular 'unsigned' tools !

Eeek!! Mega-bad.

OFF TOPIC

@pilou said:

....try this more easy free one Fusion 360*

This is one awesome modeling program!! Fairly easy to learn and some VERY powerful tools.

Frenchy, how in the world do you find these gems??

Version 10 is now available
http://www.thebest3d.com/howler/10/index.html

The latest version of PD Howler is priced at around $74
The latest version of PD Artist is priced at around $27
The latest version of PD Particles is priced at around $7.99

If this leads to the creation of a UV-unwrap extension tool you'll be a super-hero!!
May the Force be with you

Mindblowingly fascinating

I could watch these for hours and want to frame thousands of them. The animations with the soft background music are hypnotically beautiful.

Thank you for bringing them to our attention.

Vertex Tools would possibly provide easier close fit

Isn't that what Fredo6's Interactive Joint Push Pull does?

Unfortunately, the extension is "Select by Material, and Hide All Unselected", not just "Hide All Unselected"

Замечательное и очень спокойный

@thomthom said:

Indeed - future release of Vertex Tools will have such a feature.

Are you using human or geological frame of time?

http://rhin.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=241
massmaterialimporter.rb by Adam Beazley, tweaked by TIG
Makes materials from image files in a folder... each named after the image-file and using that image as its texture...

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a wish for Peace for all of you.