---
title: "Create UV Mesh Layer"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/32150.html"
section_path: "BodyPaint 3D > Layer Menu > Create UV Mesh Layer"
command_id: "170723"
description: "Use this command to display UV polygons on a transparent bitmap layer as they appear in the UV Editor in Use Polygon mode."
---

# Create UV Mesh Layer

![Image: 020024.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/020024.jpg)

Use this command to display UV polygons on a transparent bitmap layer as they appear in the UV Editor in Use Polygon mode.

Before executing this command you must first select the object to which the **Texture** tag is assigned.