Creating your trim sheet with Zen UV

Zen UV addon provides all necessary tools to create your trim sections

Trim sheet data storage in blend file

Trim sheet can be stored either in a scene or in an image data-block of blend file

Data storage modes

Scene	Trim sheet is stored in a scene data-block
Image	Trim sheet is stored in an image data-block

Active Trim Sheet

There is exactly one active trim sheet at any time in certain Blender editor (UV Image Editor, 3D Viewport).

• Scene Mode: never changes for the same scene

• Image Mode: depends on the current editor type

  • UV Image Editor:
    trim sheet data is taken from the active Image Editor image

  • 3D Viewport:
    Trim sheet data is taken either from property trimsheet image of the active material or from the texture connected to the base color

    • Active Material Trimsheet Image

    • Active Material Base Color Image

Trim Sheet Creation

Use ZenUV tool to create trims in UV Editor

Draw Trim in UV Editor

There is an option to draw a trim using mouse:

1. Activate ZenUV tool
2. Select tool category “Trims”
3. Select tool mode “Create”

Trims Snapping for Creation and Resizing

Snapping lets you easily align trims. It can be toggled by clicking the magnet icon in the ZenUV tool header

Snap Mode	Description
Pixels	Trim is snapped to image pixels if image is active in UV Editor
Grid	Trim is snapped to UV Grid
Trims	Trim is snapped to other trim borders

Trims List

This control is useful to manage lists of trims. In the center of its area you can select, deselect, rename trims. On the right of the list view are additional buttons and button to call the additional popup menu.

Active Trim

There is exactly one active trim in the curent trim sheet. It is highlighted in trim sheet UI list and surrounded with handles in trim editor

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Select Active Trim with Preview Panel

You can select active trim with preview panel.

1. Open Trim Preview subpanel and press on the picture.

1. Select a corresponding trim

• Auto Fit - Execute fit to trim operation after trim is selected in preview. As a result, you can texture the selected island simply by choosing the appropriate image.
• Update Trim Preview - Rebuild trim preview icons

Trim Preview and Auto Fit option

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Selected Trims

Selected trims are indicated with tickmarks in trim sheet UI list and have a blue shape border in trim editor

Select Trim in UI List

To select an item in trim sheet UI list, LMB on it.

Select Trim in the Viewport

It is also possible to select trim by LMB in the viewport by activating selection mode

Rename

By double-clicking on an item, you can edit its name via a text field. This can also be achieved by pressing Ctrl-LMB over it.

Resize

The list view can be resized to show more or fewer items. Hover the mouse over the handle (==) then click and drag the handle to expand or shrink the list.

Filter

Click the Show filtering options button (+) to toggle filter option buttons.

• Search:
  Type part of a list item’s name in the filter text field to filter items by part of their name.
• Filter Include:
  When the magnifying glass icon has a + sign then only items that match the text will be displayed.
• Filter Exclude:
  When the magnifying glass icon has a - sign then only items that do not match text will be displayed.
• Sort:
  Sort list items.
  • Alphabetical:
    This button switches between alphabetical and non-alphabetical ordering.
  • Inverse:
    Sort objects in ascending or descending order. This also applies to alphabetical sorting, if selected.

Add

Adds a new item.

Remove

Removes the selected item.

Duplicate

Duplicates active or selected trim

Option	Descripton
Ignore Color	Does not duplicate trim color settings
Clear Selection	Clear selection from source trims after duplicating

Menu

A menu with operators e.g. copy paste, or operations on all items.

Copy Trims to Clipboard

Copy active, selected or all trims to clipboard

Paste Trims from Clipboard

Mode	Description
Clear	Clear all trims before paste operation
Add	Add trims to the end of trim sheet
Replace	Add new trims and replace trims with the same name

Batch Rename

Can rename many trims at once. This uses a pop-up dialog with operations and their options to change the name. These actions are applied in order, from first to last in a trim sheet.

Add Trim Grid

Create grid of trims inside active, selected trims, from zero coordinates or 2D cursor position

Add Trim UDIM

Creates trims in positions and with UDIM tile sizes

Add Trims From Zen Sets

Create trims from Zen Sets groups mesh elements with keeping its names

Set Trim World Size

Set trim ‘World Size’ property based on texture size. Works on selected trims

Frame Trim

Moves view to active or selected trims center in UV editor

Clear Trimshet Preview Folder

Clear folder where trimsheet preview temporary icons are stored

Move (up/down arrow icon)

Moves the selected item up/down one position.

Delete All

Deletes all trims in the trim sheet

Trim Sheet Presets

Preset Selector

A list of available presets. A selection will override the included properties.

Add

New presets can be added based on a predefined set of properties, which will be saved for later reuse. A pop-up opens where you can set a name after which you can select it from the list and in some cases additional settings.

Remove

Deletes the selected preset.

Open Presets Folder

You can override the default presets folder with your own path

Trim Settings

Trim settings property inspector shows settings of the active trim

Trim Units

By default trim units are in UV points based on values from 0 to 1, but it is possible to switch to image pixels depending on image size

X

Trim left point

Y

Trim bottom point

W

Trim width

H

Trim height

Fit Axis

U	U axis
V	V axis
Min	The minimum length axis is automatically determined
Max	The maximum length axis is automatically determined
Automatic	Automatically detected axis for full dimensional compliance

Inset

Trim inset

Keep Proportion

Keep trim proportions while transforming

Match Rotation

Match trim rotation

Align To

Align to remembered directions in Fit, Align operations

World Size

Width and height of trim in UV world size calculation units

Units

UV world size calculation units

Tags

Trim tags

How to apply same settings to multiple trims?

Group Apply Button-Indicator

1. Select 2 or more trims
2. Press Apply button

Check the equality of properties in selected trims

	Properties are not equal
	Properties are equal

Display Trims

Trims can be displayed in viewport with special gizmo layer

Trims Display Overlay in UV Image Editor

Trims Display Polygon Overlay in 3D Viewport

Trims Display Overlay Widget in 3D Viewport

Trims can be displayed in overlay widget. To activate it you need to press gizmo button in the right side of 3D viewport

Overlay Widget Locking Options

Trims display overlay widget can be moved by Shift + Middle Mouse Button and scaled by Mouse Wheel Up|Down. And its position can be locked in the settings

Transform Trims

Align Trims

Determines how selected trims will be aligned.

Use Align to align selected trims to the top, bottom, left, or right of an active trim or each other, or UV area bounds.

Crop Trims

Use Crop to crop selected trims or all trims by UV area bounds

Adjust Trims

Set the same width or height of the selected trim. You can select to use minimum or maximum value.

Distribute Trims

Use Distribute to distribute selected trims at equal distances between each other, starting distribution as is or from active trim, or from UV area bounds