Tris to Quads

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Hi everyone!
What do you think is the best way to convert mesh from triangles to quads? I tried the Blender Tris to Quads command but it doesn’t work well with complex meshes.
I have my own quite detailed model, created with another program and exported.
Importing it into Blender I should now convert all triangles to quads. Without having to reshape it from the beginning.

Thanks for any help!

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One possibility is Remesh modifier that works well enough with e.g. letters. You can make the remaining tris quads as in this thread . Still, show us the screenshot of this mesh for the reason of topology and complexity.

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Here are some images of the model imported into Blender:

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Immagine-11353×872 236 KB

Immagine-2
Immagine-21297×864 132 KB

I tried Remesh modifier but it doesn’t give acceptable results unfortunately.

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Unfortunately, most CAD-software aren’t very good at exporting Quad-topology or even uniform triangles for that matter. The only way that I managed to get a Quad mesh into Blender from Solidworks was to save the part as a .SAT-file, then opening the SAT-file in MOI3D (Moment of inspiration) which is a light-weight CAD program. In MOI, you simply save the file as OBJ and customize the topology from there.

So the process is:

  1. Solidworks - Save as SAT
  2. Open SAT-file in MOI3D
  3. Save as OBJ with quad topology

I know it’s a late answer, but I hope it’s helpful still. :slight_smile:

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Hi Hild, i will use this technique in the future if I need it. Thank you!