Surface optimizer - unable to find

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Greetings, blenderartists! I just came to request a bit of help in my attempt to find a script/add-on:

Basically, it was a poly optimizer, but it didn’t alter the mesh. An example of its usage would be to transform a subdivided plane back into a polygon.

I can’t really remember how that tool was called(neither if it was a script or add-on), but what I know for sure is that it had 2 demo screenshots that looked similar to these (in terms of functionality):

“Before using script”

http://www.mediafire.com/conv/f07d08430721412f3e49683a74daa05b215f3eb63dd7b7218bd94cfa1140e98b6g.jpg
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“After using script”

http://www.mediafire.com/conv/ea5fe523bd3f2645fdbc83971b69f3d893804ebedde3284e2f9e183772d107ed6g.jpg
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I’ve searched for it myself too, but perhaps I’m using the wrong words/terms:no:… I would really appreciate if somebody could help me find it. :yes:

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The decimate modifier will get some way to that
For blender 2.49 there is the poly reducer script http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Manual/Modeling/Scripts
Or use meshlab http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/

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Another tool that works great for this is Limited Dissolve. You can find it via the Spacebar Search Menu. It will remove any faces under the designated angle threshold.

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