UV Tools

Simple PBR Layering provides six UV projection node groups that replace or supplement standard UV Map coordinates. Each tool is appended as a node group to the active material's node tree and can be connected to any texture node that accepts a Vector input.

UV tools are found in the UV Tools section of the Simple PBR Layering panel.

Box UV

Projects textures from the six faces of a bounding box — top, bottom, front, back, left, and right — and blends the results at silhouette edges.

Best for: Objects with no UV maps, or objects where you want a quick, seam-free texture without unwrapping.

Key inputs:

World UV

Uses world-space coordinates as UV input, so the texture stays fixed in the world regardless of how the object moves or rotates.

Best for: Environmental materials like ground, rock, or water where the texture should align with the scene rather than the object.

Triplanar UV

Projects textures from three orthogonal world-space planes and blends them together at the seams. The result is fully seamless with no visible projection boundaries.

Best for: Organic surfaces, rocks, terrain, and any object where UV seams would be visible and undesirable.

Key inputs:

Texture Bomb

Tiles a texture across a surface and applies random offset, rotation, and scale per tile. This breaks up the repeating pattern that occurs when a texture is tiled at large scales.

Best for: Large tiled surfaces — floors, walls, terrain — where the repeat would otherwise become obvious at a distance.

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Voronoi Bomb

Similar to Texture Bomb but uses a Voronoi pattern to distribute tile boundaries, producing a more organic, cell-like tiling layout.

Best for: Cobblestones, cracked surfaces, organic materials like skin or bark where a grid-free distribution looks more natural.

Decal UV

Projects a texture from a single direction onto the surface of an object, like projecting a sticker or stamp. The projection is defined by a plane or empty object in the scene.

Best for: Logos, dirt marks, cracks, or any detail that needs to be placed precisely on a surface without modifying the underlying geometry or UV layout.