sketchucation logo sketchucation
    • Login
    Oops, your profile's looking a bit empty! To help us tailor your experience, please fill in key details like your SketchUp version, skill level, operating system, and more. Update and save your info on your profile page today!
    FredoBend | Powerful new bending tool for SketchUp Download

    How to "make planar" multi quad face?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved SUbD
    renderpluginsextensions
    4 Posts 4 Posters 8.8k Views 4 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • icepenguinI Offline
      icepenguin
      last edited by

      Hi ThomThom.

      I've been used Vertex Tools & SubD for a while. I love it to death though.

      But I have a question: how to make multi non-planar quad face into planar quad face? I've tried to "Make Planar" button in Vertex Tools, but when I try "Make Planar" one quad, the other quad become non-planar.

      I'm modeling a very big model, and if I can convert all non-planar quad into planar quad, it will make my model lighter.

      I think if I have an option that locks vertex, it can be done.

      Thank you.

      3 QUAD.png
      Model Example

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        Making all non-planar quads to be planar is very difficult - if not impossible in some scenarios. I'm afraid I don't know of any good techniques for that.

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • R Offline
          rv1974
          last edited by

          Artisan has this tool if I'm not mistaken.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • panixiaP Online
            panixia
            last edited by

            @icepenguin said:

            if I can convert all non-planar quad into planar quad, it will make my model lighter.

            Not really. Is only a visual thing. Your pc's GPU will still see two triangles.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0

            Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.

            Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.

            With your input, this post could be even better πŸ’—

            Register Login
            • 1 / 1
            • First post
              Last post
            Buy SketchPlus
            Buy SUbD
            Buy WrapR
            Buy eBook
            Buy Modelur
            Buy Vertex Tools
            Buy SketchCuisine
            Buy FormFonts

            Advertisement