[Bf-funboard] GridFill working on existing faces.

[Campbell Barton]

Hi, this could work nicely but I worry a bit that users would want it
to work in situations more advanced then are currently supported.

(Assuming its not simply a rectangle?) - Could you upload a blend file
showing a selection on a mesh which you would expect this tool to be
able to handle? (2-3 examples would be great).

Currently the grid-fill tool is quite simple and expects some
rectangle, so I'm not sure if it can be used to re-fill in existing
face regions usefully.

Otherwise if it _is_ simply a rectangle, yes, this can be added
without much trouble.

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Bartek Moniewski <monio4 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I got an idea for small improvement. How about Grid Fill tool working
> on existing faces? I often work with big n-gons and making quads of
> them is a cumbersome process. Instead of deleting a faces, selecting
> loop and using Grid Fill users may be able to just select face (e.g.
> n-gon) or faces and use Grid Fill on them to change topology. I
> spontaneously to try use Grid Fill this way sometimes. ;)
>
> Simplest way to do this is detection of selected mesh elements and (if
> faces) do a macro that counts face selection boundary edges, delete
> faces and run Grid Fill.
> More fancy way of this new addition can shape newly created geometry
> to fit previous faces.
> Cheers.
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- Campbell