Skew when UV unwrapping

I keep getting a weird problem with UV unwrapping, so I must be doing something wrong. Here’s the model I want to unwrap this time — I’ll set smooth on it and use it as part of a sidewalk:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3128/sidewalkxt9.th.jpg

I’d like each rectangular face to appear as just that in the image editor: rectangular (and being connected would be a nice bonus). I select all the faces, press u, and select the first option, “Unwrap.” But here’s what I get:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5324/sidewalkunwrapra8.th.jpg

As you can see, the faces are skewed and don’t line up. Why aren’t they just rectangular?

Thanks a lot for any help you can give me!

set the unwraper to conformal

jaw drops

Thanks Waternz! :smiley:

How do you set it to conformal?

I just found it, i had to look too. It’s under the UV Calculation panel in the buttons window, its under the drop down.

I’m having a similar problem. I have a simple apple that I’ve drawn seams on. I don’t want to use Cylindrical or Spherical unwrapping. This has six sides, all the same, but it comes out uneven. I’ve tried Conformal and Angular, both with no luck… any ideas?

Thanks!
-sc2071

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