These videos show you how to use the basic tools to cut up and flatten a mesh. Everyone should watch these.

Video		Duration		Size (bytes)
UVLayout-Load-Options.mkv		6:06		6,798,400
UVLayout-Cutting-Meshes.mkv		5:13		13,996,903
UVLayout-Basic-Flattening.mkv		5:10		12,087,326
UVLayout-Welding-Shells.mkv		6:19		18,672,079
UVLayout-Live-Editing.mkv		3:21		11,372,286
UVLayout-Tweaking-UVs.mkv		5:29		9,794,532
UVLayout-Flattening-Brush.mkv		2:56		6,769,106
UVLayout-Texture-Maps.mkv		5:11		11,383,743
UVLayout-Viewing-Options.mkv		6:25		16,365,529
UVLayout-Undropping-Shells.mkv		3:17		6,470,547
UVLayout-Pinning-Points.mkv		4:58		6,446,354
UVLayout-Marking-Polys.mkv		5:30		8,407,847
UVLayout-Polygon-Groups.mkv		3:50		2,070,177
UVLayout-Groups-Editing.mkv		8:40		11,182,258
UVLayout-Picking-Shells.mkv		1:41		4,694,804
UVLayout-Split-and-Stretch.mkv		8:11		27,096,833
UVLayout-Hotkeys.mkv		8:29		50,164,156

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