Blender Secrets - 5 minutes of N-Gons to Quads tips

N-gons are sometimes created as part of the modeling process. Although they are fine in flat surface that are not meant to be deformed, quad topology is usually preferred in all other cases. In this video we look at several methods for turning N-gons (and triangles) into Quads.

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[arreng]

I always bring out my knife whenever I see N-gons on my models and this is a very useful tip to add in your workflow

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Amazing tutorial. Clear and concise and straight to the point. Really appreciate it.

[waffenwalter]

Great tipps in the video!
For the first case (The leaf) one can also use the "Boundary Aligned Remesh" Addon (free), which nicely remeshes such a shape to tris. I can also much recommend the "leafig" addon (payed) for skipping the "i traced a leaf" part.

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SO HAPPY to have a clean mesh now!
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[Fin]

Taking away several insanely useful tips from this one. Thanks so much.

[mati]

I'm starting with Blender and this is amazing! Thank you

[geuis]

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