Blender Add-on: Tris-Quads-Ex

Using mathematical optimization, tris to quads.

Installation

• Download https://github.com/SaitoTsutomu/Tris-Quads-Ex/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
• Start Blender.
• Edit menu -> Preferences
  • Select the "Add-ons" tab.
  • Press the "Install ...".
  • Select the downloaded ZIP file and press the button "Install Add-on".
  • Check the "Mesh: Tris to Quads Ex".

install PuLP

This add-on needs PuLP.

• on macOS

/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/Resources/4.2/python/bin/python3.11 -m pip install pulp

• on Windows

"C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\bin\python" -m pip install pulp
or
"C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\Scripts\pip" install pulp

Usage

• Select an object.
• Turn to the edit mode.
• Select the edges.
• Select "Tris to Quads Ex" of the face menu.

Triangular faces are converted to square faces as possible.

Introductory Article

• Blenderで可能な限り三角面を四角面に変換する（数理最適化）