Description

Undertow is a suite of 20 tools* primarily designed to assist UV-mapping within BodyPaint3D**, with an additional focus on a workflow of using C4D's Symmetry Object during the modelling process.

A few of the commands ( Group Mirror, Mesh Splitter, Selection Symmetry, UV Tile Fit and Set Axis (new) ) can be used inside Cinema 4D without owning BodyPaint, but the majority of the commands are designed for use while in BodyPaint's UV Edit mode. To learn more about the intention, design and motivation behind this plugin suite, see the Background Info page.

The DEMO version of the plugin is designed to give you a good idea of the capabilities of the Full licensed version, but has several features disabled. There is a note at the bottom of each command description that describes which features might be disabled in the DEMO version of the plugin.

TIP:

Most of these tools are designed to be used while inside the BodyPaint UV Edit Layout. I'd recommend creating a new toolbar (or finding space on an existing one) and adding icons for these tools for easy access while working. Once you have a configuration you like, you can save this as the default UV Edit layout.

[*NOTE: Technically, a 'tool' in C4D/BodyPaint is a modal entity (like Selection Mode or Move Mode, or Extrude Mode), whereas a 'command' is a one-shot, do-something entity (like Grow Selection) - everything in this plugin are actually commands, but sometimes it reads better with the word tool, so I sometimes use that.]

[**NOTE: In any case where I mention "BodyPaint", I'm actually referring to BodyPaint's "UV Edit" layout/mode... although the commands may also work in "3D Paint" layout/mode, depending on your settings.]