Polymating

A retopology addon that integrates with Blender's existing tools using a fast projection system similar to Shrinkwrap—continuously re-applied in the background.

Tags: Retopology • Edit/Sculpt • Projection Solvers

"Simple, concise and minimal learning curve to use the addon"

"Tis but a realtime shrinkwrap on steroids"

"1% Code savvy, 99% Marketing" — "Performance!!! Performance!!! Performance!!!"

• User Guide (1.1)
• BlenderArtists.org Thread

• ✔ Realtime vertex projection with solver-based logic (Force Project, Raycast; Multi-hit integrated).
• ✔ Works alongside Blender's native tools—focus on quad flow, let Polymating handle wrapping.
• ✔ Vertex Locking (experimental) and global overlay controls.
• ✔ Cache and performance optimizations for smooth interaction.

1. Broader tools integration
2. Better user experience
3. Cutting-edge performance
4. Proper research and development environment

Join the journey to a more fun, concise, and hassle‑free retopology workflow!

• Compatibility: In preparation for 5.0, this version may break on Blender versions below 4.2.
• Isolated Projection: When vertex group locking pointers are set but no axes are enabled, projection only affects vertices from those vertex groups.
• Self Projection: When no reference object is set, projection can use the active object as the reference; an info-line status indicates when self projection is ready.
• Projection Shapekeys: Projection now respects existing shapekeys (previously shapekeys were ignored).

• added localization for Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) and Indonesian (id)
• solver properties optimization
• directories optimization
• added readme section #Adding Language

• implemented better cache for the vertex locking
• fix some runtime issue when enabling and changing the axis of the locked vertices

• it is now possible to use collection for reference on all solvers
• force Project are now Nearest and On-Hit Limit are now a deprecated solver
• on-hit and Multi-hit are now deprecated solvers and have been implemented into Raycast
• added reference switch to choose between a single reference object or a collection
• added configurable rays length when choosing Raycast for the solver
• fix some jumpy jitter problem when doing the projection
• fix some issue with the vertex locking where the new vertices that is added at runtime doesn't get locked
• fix some performance issue related to cache

• separation of logic from mode handler
• added Force Project solver
• added On-hit solver
• added On-hit-limit solver
• added Multi-hit solver
• global overlay properties
• projection threshold optimization
• preferences ui and viewport ui optimization
• added multiple error handling functionality to ease fidgety user and accidental clicks that can disturb user interaction
• version branching in preparation for the development of multi-threading and asynchronous process
• version branching in preparation for localization
• added ray_cast logic specifically made for edit-mode for better performance
• added Vertex Locking as experimental features
• added options to choose between default logic and ray_cast
• preferences ui ptimization

• added clamp toggle option for some of the brush
• clamp value range of 0 to 0.5 upon entering sculpt mode

• branched out user guide for 0.5x
• organized 0.5x user guide and now use sharky as references

• added manual overlay initialization
• added visibility toggle for retopology object and reference object
• cache and reference key optimization
• robust error handlers for better user experience
• dedicated info bar to guide user and tell them of polymating state
• auto overlay behavior optimization
• polymating state behaviour optimization
• polymating cache will not be cleared on deselection and visibility state
• clearer code terminology for inspection and maintenance

• reduce handlers redundancy
• added experimental features
• experimental features on addon preferences interface
• added custom material initialization
• the material initialization might impact performance slightly on Start Polymating, make sure that you turn it on only if needed
• material initialization work best with backface culling

• API version checks
• 3.6x optimization

• dedicated cache clearing function
• file organization
• clean up redundancy
• semantic versioning
• 3.6x compatibility

• added proper licensing
• optimized product description and proper terminology

• edit mode availability
• sculpt mode optimization
• cache system optimization
• proper error handlers

• sculpt mode optimization
• consistent terminology
• proper addon compression

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