meshstats

Blender addon that provides topological statistics for meshes.

meshstats is released with GPL license, same as Blender

Features

• Display counts for tris, quads & ngons.
• Display counts for e-poles (vertices connecting 5 edges), n-poles (vertices connecting 3 edges) and *-poles (vertices connecting 6 or more edges - fan center).
• Set a polygon budget for mesh objects and display how much of it is utilized.
• Highlight tris & ngons in the viewport. (in object mode only)
• Highlight e-poles, n-poles & *-poles in the viewport. (in object mode only)

See CHANGELOG.md for release details.

Installation

• Download the source zip from releases page. You need to click to expand Assets under the correct version and download the file named meshstats-#.#.zip (where #.# is the version number).
• In Blender, open Preferences editor (Edit -> Preferences from the menu).
• Click Install... button and choose the zip file you have downloaded.
• Once the addon is installed, you must still enable it manually in Preferences view. It is not automatically enabled.
• After installation, you can delete the zip file you have downloaded.

Minimum Required Blender Versions

Usage

Once you have enabled the addon, you should see a Meshstats panel under Item tab in 3D view sidebar (default shortcut is N).

How to View Face Counts

1. Select a mesh object.
2. You must be in Object Mode.
3. Open 3D Viewport's sidebar, Item tab.
4. If disabled_by_default is active in addon preferences you need to click Enable button in Meshtats panel.

Note that even if you enable Meshtats for an object, if the mesh contains too many faces (configurable in addon preferences) or modifiers that change topology are active you won't see stats or overlays.

How to Display Tri & Ngon Overlays

1. Overlays must be enabled.
2. Overlay options can be found in Overlay pop-up as well as in Meshstats panel.

How to Set Up a Face Budget

1. Select a mesh object.
2. You must be in Object Mode.
3. Open 3D Viewport's sidebar, Item tab.