About Beta Quad

Beta Quad is a retopology add‑on for Blender that operates on selected faces, from a single n‑gon to an entire mesh. It converts a large n‑gon into a grid of smaller quads using a developer‑written algorithm that follows the original face shape and maintains border direction. Users can set a quad size parameter to control the density of the output, enable edge‑flow preservation, and apply an inset boundary to keep borders sharp without creating mean‑crease lines during subdivision. The tool remeshes the original face rather than replacing it, so it is not intended for sculpted or high‑poly triangle meshes and will skip faces smaller than the selected quad size. Written in Python, Beta Quad runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is suited for quickly generating quad‑based topology on simple meshes before further editing with Blender’s proportional editing tools.

Features

• Retopologizes selected faces, from a single n-gon to a part of a mesh or all faces
• Converts a large n-gon face into small quads
• Originally designed algorithm that respects the border direction of an n-gon and creates quads following the original face shape
• Quad size parameter that determines the number of quads in the result
• Inset boundary option adds thin supporting edges to keep the border sharp without mean-crease in subdivision, and works with Keep sharp for bevel-looking solid mesh
• Keep edge flow along the boundary, enabled by default
• Coded in Python and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux

Best for

Retopologising selected n‑gon faces or limited mesh areas into controlled quad grids.