F2

MACHIN3 · November 25, 2018, 9:18pm

The Smart Face tool is now available via MACHIN3tools, see

Note, unlike F2, I don’t do any UVs.

1D_Inc · December 7, 2018, 7:46am

Hi!
Can you fix latest F2 version for 2.8? It is 1.8.4, can be obtained here
https://github.com/Cfyzzz/Other-scripts/blob/master/f2.py

The problem is in hardvare of developer - it doesnot runs blender 2.8, so f2 was updated for 2.79 only.

iceythe · December 7, 2018, 8:31am

Sure thing. Updated to 1.8.4 https://github.com/K-410/blender-scripts/blob/master/mesh_f2_1_8/mesh_f2.py

I noticed the new default behavior is auto-grab on vertex fill. I thought it was a bug at first, but it can be changed in addon settings

s_babb · December 7, 2018, 9:32am

Thank you so much!!!

1D_Inc · December 7, 2018, 8:05pm

F2 was basically designed to be used with autograb, but unfortunately it was submitted at beta stage, before autograb was finished.
So, all this years F2 default was wrong, and most of users even didn’t know how to use it properly.

wilBr · December 7, 2018, 10:43pm

new f2 version hasn’t auto bridge edge loop…

try… create circle -> enter edit mode -> select all -> shift D -> scale down -> select edge loop exterior and interior -> press f ===> new f2 fill both circles, old one do bridge edge loop, creating a beautiful ring.

1D_Inc · April 27, 2019, 2:58pm

Something is strange, it seems it rolled back to previous version

iceythe · April 27, 2019, 11:08pm

Sorry about that. I forked version off the official branch and replaced the old file.

Here’s the 1.8.4 version:

github.com

K-410/blender-scripts/blob/master/mesh_f2_1_8/mesh_f2.py

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Meta-Androcto · April 28, 2019, 12:54am

hi, thanks, have you tried this?
https://developer.blender.org/T51049
file is down the post post

1D_Inc · April 28, 2019, 2:05am

We’ve stored both 2.79 and 2.8 versions there

Also, main tread

Meta-Androcto · April 28, 2019, 2:13am

1D_Inc, what are your opinions on Smartf? Is it suitable to replace f2 addon? The addon name would not change, it would still be f2 but use the Smartf code. I’m really interested in your opinion before making any changes to Blender Official.

1D_Inc · April 28, 2019, 2:31am

SmartF is nice addon, I like some locks from there, but it is hard to say if it is better than F2.
F2 was designed to be truely minimalistic, and even without prefrences it have more flexibility and control.

It’s workflow was tested on very hard topology series.
Entire turbosquid account were made during it’s test.

SmartF may look more advanced at first, but for practical purposes it’s too dry and overloaded.
To prove workflow compartibility such addons usually are tested on something like this.

A lot of concepts tried to get same flexibility rate and speed, but even Retopoflow, which I bought several times to support it’s developmend, failed to make such things easier.

Be careful about such concepts, all of them are looking cool before hard test.

rrtk · April 29, 2019, 9:37pm

looks like 1.8.4 is a little behind with some of my changes
I made a pull request for that branch(Cfyzzz) from https://github.com/niewinny/Other-scripts.git
that will fix all problems with extended option (tris drawing)

It would be cool to have dedicated git repo for F2( with ‘F2/ __ init __ .py’ path) since it looks like everyone is using its own right now. That way it would be easier to help with development.

SPYNeox · October 28, 2019, 9:42am

Thought this was dead at first

blender_2019-10-28_11-40-20

But this appears to be already in 2.81

(For anyone wondering)

so3Datel · October 28, 2019, 10:17am

Just wondering Have you tried Quad Remesher add-on for retopology of such a complex object ?.

I think this will be a good test for the addon and a big time saver for the modeler if the addon can handle this.

1D_Inc · October 28, 2019, 2:39pm

The problem of such remeshers is that they are suitable for regular geometry and topology.
F2 was designed for flexible sketching variable density topology models, an effectivepoly - where all details are represented topologically.
I planned to buy it later.

1D_Inc · October 28, 2019, 2:40pm

Yes, thanks to Meta-Androcto, we’ve got latest version of F2)

xan2622 · January 21, 2021, 7:46pm

Hi.

I have been testing Machin3Tools’ Smart Face and I have to say that I am really impressed by it.
It manages to hop to the next vertex on the mesh, making it very fast to add quads and fill holes in the topology.

Are there really no plans to borrow the logic (the code) of the Smart Face script to make F2 better?
IMO, after my first tests, I have the feeling that it already outperforms F2.

MACHIN3 · January 21, 2021, 9:15pm

F2 likely performs better with isolated geo. Like, if you only have verts/edges without faces present to start off. I hope to expand on Smart Face however.

1D_Inc · February 13, 2024, 1:58am

It looks like Smart Faces has the goal to deal with regular topology, while F2 goal is the opposite - to provide topology sketching flexibility in order to solve variable density retopology.