everytime i try to UV unwrap something, like a cube, i always see that the shape of the unwrap is alwasys different than what I see in tutorials or other blender user’s unwraps. how can i possibly fix this?
That’s the result if you have not added any edge seams. Select the edges to cut and use Ctrl+E / Add Seam, then unwrap. If you had a cardboard box you would have to cut some of the edges to enable you to lay out the cardboard as a flat shape. Those are the edges you would cut with your seams
See the attached blend for a couple of different cube unwraps
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unwrap.blend (92.8 KB)
Wow, that totally worked! thank you