Groups Together

The Groups Together mode packs UV islands split by the user into a number of groups. All islands are packed into a single box in the UV space, so that islands belonging to the same group are neighbors in the resulting layout.

An example of 4 groups packed using the Groups Together mode:

In order to use the Groups Together packing mode select it from the Packing Mode selection menu:

The Groups Together mode is a group-based mode, that is why the Grouping (Packing) multi panel will be displayed in the addon UI after the mode is selected:

Note: the Grouping (Packing) multi panel is visible if and only if a group-based packing mode is selected in the Packing multi panel.

In the Grouping (Packing) multi panel you specify a method to divide all islands to a specific number of groups (an automatic or manual method). During the packing operation, the packer will pack all groups together into a single UV target box, so that islands belonging to the same group are neighbors.

Supported packing functionalities

The mode supports the following packing functionalities:

• Pack To Others
• Normalize Scale
• Pixel Margin
• Heuristic Search
• Lock Overlapping
• Lock Groups
• Non-Square Packing
• Custom Target Box
• Island Rotation Step
• Scripting