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Computer aided design software.

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unfold UVs

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, a feature that lets you unwrap the UV mesh for a polygonal object with minimal overlapping of UVs. Unfold UVs helps to minimize the distortion of texture maps on organic ...

uniform field

Software; CAD

In dynamics, a field that pushes objects in a uniform magnitude and direction.

universal joint

Software; CAD

In animation, a joint that can rotate only about any two of its local axes. A human wrist is a good example of a universal joint (although a wrist has limitations on the extent it can rotate).

universal manipulator

Software; CAD

A tool that combines the functions of the Move Tool, Rotate Tool, and Scale Tool. It also lets you enter precise values to scale and rotate objects directly in the scene view.

up axis

Software; CAD

The global axis that is pointing upwards. By default, the up axis is the Y axis.

up vector

Software; CAD

In animation, a vector that works with the aim vector to control the orientation of a constrained object. By default, the up vector tries to stay as closely aligned as possible to the world up ...

utility node

Software; CAD

A node that allows the creation of specific shading effects, most commonly used in shading networks. Render utility nodes are created from the Hypershade window.