[Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215
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[Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215TIG (c) 2011 All Rights Reserved. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,INCLUDING,WITHOUT LIMITATION,THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Script: Quadrilateralizer.rb Usage: Select faces. Note that other entity-types in the selection are ignored. Run 'Quadrilateralizer' from the 'Plugins' menu. If there are no faces in the selection there is an error-message, it exits. If all selected faces are already quads then you are asked if you want to split them further: 'Yes' to redivide selected quad faces or No' to abort. If the selected faces are not equivalent to 'all connected faces' then you are warned: 'Yes' to continue, 'No' to abort. It is recommended that all connected faces are processed together [treble-click a face to select all] to ensure that all connected faces become quadrilaterals; otherwise later processing of these non-quad faces could result in the connected quads being made into non-quads, or if all connected faces were selected the non-quads would split but the previously made quads will be split again - it could get messy - this might be what is required... but usually processing all connected at once is the best method. All selected faces are now split into quadrilaterals ['quads']. Note that any preexisting quads in the selection will also be split because splitting any adjacent non-quads will force these existing quads into non-quads anyway. UV texture mapping etc is kept. It is one step undo-able. The vertices of these quad faces can be adjusted with the Move tool... Donations: By PayPal.com to info @ revitrev.org Version: 1.0 20110214 First Release. 1.1 20110215 More info and percentage progress reported in Status Bar. TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214OK, first to download so first to thank. I know why Pete asked for it...
![]() Will it move vertices slightly to create quads from non co-planar tris for instance (or does it only subdivide)? Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214Sweet!! cannot wait to give it a run.
Thanks a bunch.
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214Some quads are created from tris in a way that they have co-linear edges. This may not be an issue in many apps but SDS2's smooth tool cannot handle these, Pete.
TIG: still great tool, thanks! Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214
Most quads will not have co-linear sides [although thin slivers of triangles do approach co-linearity] - but those that do you can manually Move a vertex as desired. The subdivision can produce unoptimized quads anyway that would benefit from some adjustments to some vertex locations... This is only v1.0, I only starting thinking about writing it a couple of hours ago ![]() Any feedback or suggestions on improvements welcomed... TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214I can envisage another tool to optimize selected coplanar quads...
It tests a faces for their vertices' 'concave-ness'/co-linearity and adjusts the concave/linear vertex location until it is just convex... I suspect this might involve a lot of tail-chasing as one faces concave vertex could be its neighbor's convex vertex ![]() Alternatively if any of the Quadrilateralized faces have co-linear or concave vertices select all and Quadrilateralize them a second time - that should fix them - although the mesh will then be much finer ![]() TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214Thanks so much TIG!
One question though: Is this gonna help exporting a model to other modelers with greater detail, is it just because quad faced geometry is better or both? Downloaded already and I ll be checking for updates!!!! Again THANKS A BOUNCH! Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214Hi TIG,
When translating into french, I came across this (line 82):
Isn't this message confusing or wrong ? Didier Bur
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nancy (F) Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214
The selected-faces are not ALL of the connected-faces. Do you want to continue? ![]() Les choisir-faces ne sont pas tous les relier-faces. Voulez-vous continuer ? TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214Les faces choisies ne font PAS TOUTES partie des faces connectées
![]() Didier Bur
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nancy (F) Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214
I couldn't have put it better myself! Je n'aurais pas pu mieux dire moi-même! ![]() TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214you Rock Tig...
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214![]() ![]() 3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
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Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.0 20110214Thanks TIG....any chance of a progress bar?
There's a frontroom and a backroom....reverse faces
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215Here's v1.1 viewtopic.php?p=309120#p309120
More info and percentage progress now reported in the Status Bar. TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215That was quick
![]() There's a frontroom and a backroom....reverse faces
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215Sorry it took so long I was at the corner-shop buying some milk when you posted
![]() ![]() TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215Now that you're around and idle, how about this
![]() There's a frontroom and a backroom....reverse faces
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215Thanks TIG. The more I think about this plugin, the more I like it. It can have so many areas to use.
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215
So, if I drink more milk maybe I can start writing wonderful plugins as You do? ![]() ![]() Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215Or eat more cookies (look at ThomThom).
![]() Maybe both - but if you drink more beer, you will grow a red beard like Rich has (or a belly like me). Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215
![]() ![]() ![]() Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215thanks for this great plug!
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SU Pro 2017 PC Thea: latest vray4SU latest Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215This new tool QuadsFrom2Tris viewtopic.php?p=315130#p315130 might help fix a few connected triangles into quads... rather than affect every preexisting quad in a surface by re-quadding it...
TIG
Re: [Plugin] Quadrilateralizer v1.1 20110215i'm sorry i'm a bit of a noob here, but i can't manage to get anything else then SU crashes with quadrilateralizer...
i tried on a simple face as well as on a complicated one, no way to have it done by my side :-/
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