Auto Layout!

APT Auto Layout is a powerful plugin designed to automate scene layout based on CSV file from Autodesk Maya. It quickly manage and update actors in Unreal Engine level including duplication and deletion updates from the source Maya Scene.

Key Benefits

• Automated Scene Layout in Unreal Engine.

• Import transforms (location, rotation, scale) directly from your CSV file.
• Only bring your master assets in Unreal and it automatically place or duplicate actors based on the metadata from Maya.
• Delete or skip updating certain actors based on custom metadata.
• Its an Editor only plugin which cleanly integrates with standard Unreal Editor UI.
• Works with Unreal Engine 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 .
• It comes with a CSV Exporter (a MEL Script) which helps in exporting CSV file and adding Metadata to selected meshes.

How To Install:

1. Unzip the 'APT_UE5_[Your Version].zip' file.
2. Copy 'APT_UE5' folder inside 'YourUnrealProject/Plugins/'
3. If you do not have 'Plugins' folder, create one.
4. Start Unreal and go to 'Edit > Plugins' and search for 'APT_UE5'
5. Enable the plugin if it is not already enabled. It will ask for restart.
6. After restart you can find the tool here : Tools > APT_UE5 > Auto Layout!

This tool is part of our soon to be released toolkit named Assets Pipeline Toolset (APT), with that we aim to streamline the assets pipeline between Unreal and other DCC applications.