Quadface Tools Plugin Sketchup — _hot_ Download

Draw a standard rectangular cube in SketchUp. Notice it is made of 12 triangles (native).

Click one horizontal edge on the cube. Go to Extensions > Quadface Tools > . The plugin selects the entire loop around the sphere. This is impossible with native tools.

For years, SketchUp has reigned as the king of architectural and hard-surface modeling. Its push-pull simplicity allows designers to move fast. However, anyone who has tried to model a car, a character, a piece of terrain, or a smooth piece of furniture knows the painful truth: Native SketchUp polygons (triangles and ngons) are messy. Quadface Tools Plugin Sketchup Download

The developer, ThomThom, often hosts documentation and source information on his GitHub repository . 🛠 Prerequisites

High-end 3D software uses "Quads"—four-sided polygons. Quads allow for "edge loops," which are continuous rings of edges that define the shape of an object. This makes sculpting a character’s face or the curve of a car fender smooth and predictable. Draw a standard rectangular cube in SketchUp

Now you can extrude the ring loop to create a lip, a bracket, or a character's belt. Because the geometry remains quad, when you render it, the normals flow perfectly.

If you model in SketchUp but render elsewhere, export as .obj or .fbx . Quadface Tools ensures that when you import into Blender, you can apply a without exploding the mesh. Go to Extensions > Quadface Tools >

Look for vertices where 5 or 6 edges meet (called "E-poles" or "N-poles"). These are fine, but too many will cause rippling. Use to delete and rebuild loops that have too many poles.