Blender addon that provides topological statistics for meshes.
meshstats is released with GPL license, same as Blender
- Display counts for tris, quads & ngons.
- Display counts for e-poles (vertices connecting 5 edges), n-poles (vertices connecting 3 edges) and *-poles (vertices connecting 6 or more edges - fan center).
- Set a polygon budget for mesh objects and display how much of it is utilized.
- Highlight tris & ngons in the viewport. (in object mode only)
- Highlight e-poles, n-poles & *-poles in the viewport. (in object mode only)
See CHANGELOG.md for release details.
- Download the source zip from releases
page. You need to click to
expand
Assetsunder the correct version and download the file namedmeshstats-#.#.zip(where #.# is the version number). - In Blender, open
Preferenceseditor (Edit -> Preferencesfrom the menu). - Click
Install...button and choose the zip file you have downloaded. - Once the addon is installed, you must still enable it manually in
Preferencesview. It is not automatically enabled. - After installation, you can delete the zip file you have downloaded.
| Meshstats version | Blender version |
|---|---|
| 1.0 - 1.2 | 2.91 |
| 1.3 | 3.6.2 |
Once you have enabled the addon, you should see a Meshstats panel under
Item tab in 3D view sidebar (default shortcut is N).
- Select a mesh object.
- You must be in
Object Mode. - Open
3D Viewport's sidebar,Itemtab. - If
disabled_by_defaultis active in addon preferences you need to clickEnablebutton inMeshtatspanel.
Note that even if you enable Meshtats for an object, if the mesh contains too many faces (configurable in addon preferences) or modifiers that change topology are active you won't see stats or overlays.
- Overlays must be enabled.
- Overlay options can be found in
Overlaypop-up as well as inMeshstatspanel.
- Select a mesh object.
- You must be in
Object Mode. - Open
3D Viewport's sidebar,Itemtab.