Short question: one-click quad creation for retopo

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Hi Blender community,

I saw something interesting in a retopo video where the guy creates a quad in one click, usinf Make edge/face.
Here’s the moment I’m talking about:

However, when I create a similar model and use make edge/face , it creates a triangle and not a quad.

Is it a macro? Or an option I haven’t seen?

Thank you, in the hopes that I get closer to high-speed retopology in Blender. :slight_smile:

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see this

Create face fromsingle selected item
Press on F key withcursor over are and it auto fill faces

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.67/Usability_tools

but also possible with script looptool

happy bl

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Maybe you dont have the addon called F2 activated. Search it and enable it.

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Yes, it was F2! After a little bit of fiddling, I’m down to a reasonable 3-step quad creation.
-select the vertex
-press F (shift-f in my shortcut setup)

  • with the autograb option enabled, left-click to place the vertex.

Do you think there’s ever going to be a blender toll that mimics the topogun/3dcoat functions of, after finishing one quad, automatically reseleting the next vertex in line to reduce this to a two, or even one, step quad creation?

If anyone knows of such tools, they’re more than welcome to share! :slight_smile: