
What Is the Difference between UVW Map and
Unwrap UVW?
There are two different modifiers to do your unwrapping.
UVW Map and Unwrap UVW have two distinct uses, but you
can also use them together if you like.
UVW Map is great for either getting a starting point for
your Unwrap UVW or just quickly getting some UVWs so you
can preview a texture on your model quickly.
Unwrap UVW is the modifier you use to manually create
UVWs. It’s got tons of functionality now with extremely useful
tools. If you need to very quickly preview a texture on your
model, go with UVW Map. However, once you learn Unwrap
UVW I doubt you’ll be going back to using UVW Map much.
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