Help applying skin to model

I am trying to make a custom skin for a custom model, but i am having a little trouble mapping the surfaces so i can skin it... is there an easier way to make a map for skinning besides Detaching each poly/face and lining them up in a 2d manner in a view...is there some command to automatically make a skinning map for all the surfaces in a model...???emote_confused

Note: I use gmax and ms3d.

That's wrapping. I won't say anything since it may be wrong. I'll move to Modelling Forum you might get better help there.

He already has one here.

Go on Yahoo, and type in "3ds max", unwrapping