For Blender 4.2 and above.

What is Quad Maker?

Quad Maker is a set of very simple Blender mesh operations designed to help 3D modelers quickly retopologize objects into clean, quad-based geometry.

Inspired by Maya’s Quad Draw, Quad Maker offers Blender users a way to speed up their retopology workflow while maintaining flexibility within Blender’s existing toolset.

Read the documentation and see the getting started video.

The operations are:

• Add Vertices: Quickly add point vertices.
• Fill Quads: Fill the point vertices and surrounding geometry with quads.
• Extend Borders: Extrude border edges and vertices either in single, loop or edge rings.
• Quick Cut: Quickly use the simple loop cut and slide operation with single clicks.
• Draw Quad Strip: Quickly draw out strips of quads on a target surface.
• Smooth Vertices: Smooth out vertices in edit mode.
• Delete Mode: Quickly delete vertices, edges and faces and dissolve interior edges in a single click/drag operation.

With a focus on speed and simplicity, Quad Maker brings together these essential retopology operations into a unified, hotkey-driven workspace tool, aiming for seamless integration with Blender’s native mesh editing tools.

Buyer Beware!

• Check out the freely available Poly Quilt and the excellent Retopoflow add-on before deciding whether this add-on is for you.
• The add-on is designed for simplicity and speed, so it may not be as feature-rich as other retopology tools.
• Quad Maker should work well when retopologizing meshes with high poly counts but will not be suitable when editing high poly meshes themselves.
• Busy scenes with lots of objects may slow the add-on down.
• Please report any slow downs, bugs or issues by emailing [email protected].

Questions?

If you have any questions or issues do not hesitate to get in touch by clicking the 'Ask a Question' button on this page or by emailing [email protected].

Documentation

Documentation is at https://quad-maker-docs.readthedocs.io/