I currently can't sphere/cylinder map this type of chart/cuts

[ggaliens]

I didn't need the long cut line at all. BUT ... that being said ... it did mean that I'd need to throw away the texture at the end of process and do "convert materials to colors". Which in this particular case is what I wanted to do anyways.

Did you try that code fragment ?

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No long cutline needed. Poles very very simple.

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In my dropbox ... I did share "good-moon" file. If you wanted to inspect result closer.