UV overhaul!! Proposal 1 (and thoughts) - New UV algorithms

Hello Everyone! I am writing on this topic because it seems to not be mentioned anywhere recently on any of the community websites for Blender. As you know the UV tools and algorithms in Blender have been lacking for almost a decade and is falling behind for use in production pipelines.

Other 3d modeling software such as Maya have had their UV mapping tools updated and improved in recent years but i feel it is time for Blender to do the same as to keep up with industry standards.

I would do this myself if i had any knowledge or programming skill… but the best i can do is write this post to rally and inspire people who are willing to partake in improving the UV system in Blender either by producing addons or opening a new experimental branch! Im splitting my proposals so they can be rated accordingly. First off i feel blender has a need for new UV unwrapping methods and algorithms since the current ones are constantly producing unpredictable results such as skewing or bulging for organic models (Characters, Creatures etc) and overall is very very slow when dealing with high density meshes. This also makes it impossible to overlap mirrored UVs without fiddling with UV vertexes (snapping every single vertex one by one is really no fun).

The SLIM algorithm development as far as i know has been halted and has been pending for years (which is a shame) but as more and more people and large companies are getting interested in Blender, the more the program needs to meet higher expectations and its up to the community to meet them halfway so we also need accountability.