Sculptify

In Object select - "Object - Scripts - Sculptify Objects" to convert Blender objects to sculpt meshes. This feature does have limits and works best with curves, nurbs and meshes designed to be sculptified.

Equal Area Cylinder Unwrap

This is the fallback method for unwrapping when the mesh includes triangular faces. You can also use it from Blender's unwrap menu in edit mode by pressing the U key and selecting "EAC from View".