Pipeline Mode
Pipeline Mode is the repeatable path: stable settings, predictable output, and minimal manual decision-making. It's the mode you build studio standards around.
What it optimizes for
- Consistency across assets
- Safe defaults that don't destroy silhouettes
- Compatibility with recipes and batch processing
- Clear validation and export steps
Recommended order
- Mesh Import (if working with AI-generated meshes — Meshy, Tripo, Rodin, CSM) — runs intake pipeline: decimate → repair → mark features → voxel → QuadWild MEDIUM. Non-blocking; Blender stays responsive.
- Units/scale sanity (see Unit & Scale Doctor)
- Quadify stage
- UV Transfer (if projecting UVs from a high-poly source) — in Optimize tab
- UV and texel density normalization
- UDIM packing if required
- LOD generation
- Deform Risk Check (if the mesh will be rigged) — in QA tab
- QA heatmaps and Scan & Fix
- Export preset + guards
Mesh Import tab
The Mesh Import tab (added in v2.6.0) is the dedicated entry point for AI-generated meshes. It autodetects AI-gen topology (≥60% tris with NM≥5 and no seams, or ≥80% tris on meshes ≥200k faces), or you can force it manually.
The intake pipeline runs as a staged modal operator — each stage (Decimate → Repair → Mark Features → Voxel → Export → QuadWild) executes in a separate timer tick. The header shows current stage and elapsed time. Blender remains fully responsive throughout.
Mesh type mode — Auto / Hard Surface / Organic. Auto-detect uses sharp edge ratio and face curvature variance. Hard Surface disables singularity alignment for cleaner flat-face loops; Organic enables it for flow-following topology.
Flow guides — mark selected edges as UV seam flow guides before running Mesh Import. QuadWild uses seams as loop direction hints. Mark Selected / Clear All buttons in the Mesh Import tab.
Quadriflow (Reliable) — alternative to QuadWild. Runs scan-and-fix repair first, then falls back automatically to QuadWild DRAFT if Quadriflow fails. Reports which method succeeded per object.
Agent tab
The Agent tab provides natural language mesh operations via Claude or GPT-4o. Six one-click preset prompts fill the instruction field ready to run. The agent remembers the last two exchanges for follow-up instructions. Every completed plan is automatically saved as a recipe JSON to quadify_recipes/ next to the blend file.