Technical artist/Mr. Casey Sheepwill be released on Saturday, January 10th, with the Blender add-on “quad filler 1.0Quad Filler is a tool that specializes in converting connections between open edges into ideal quadrilateral polygons for the time being. The price is $8 (approximately 1,250 yen), the license is GPL, and compatible Blender versions 3.4 to 5.0.
“Quad Filler 1.0” is a tool that streamlines the complicated modeling process of connecting areas with different numbers of sides on the left and right (such as merging vertices and relining faces). Edge chains with different numbers of edges can be bridged with one click, and a topology consisting of quads (square planes) is preferentially automatically generated.
▲You can apply Quad Filler by selecting 3 edges and 1 edge in edit mode and pressing Shift + F keys.
Even with asymmetrical configurations that are difficult to handle with standard features, such as 3-edge and 1-edge, or 5-edge and 3-edge, it is possible to perform clean surfacing without compromising the flow of the topology. This process can be applied by selecting the two open edges you want to connect in edit mode and using a shortcut key (Shift + F).
In version 1.0, the corresponding edge combination was made. It is possible to bridge not only in a 3-to-1 configuration, but also in various patterns such as 4-to-2, 4-to-1, 3-to-2, and 2-to-1.
Please note that this add-on is specialized for connecting open edges, so it does not support closed loops.
■Quad Filler 1.0(Super Hive)
https://superhivemarket.com/products/quad-filler
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