Quad draw tool


  • Many artists like Maya because of its power and ubiquitous nature in the 3D world. You also sculpt models in Mudbox or ZBrush then they’ll retopologize them in Maya.

  • Maya offers a few tools to streamline the process of creating a simplified topology, allowing artists to focus on the creative process.

    • Retopology in Maya.
      • MEL polyRemesh; MEL polyRetopo;
      • Remesh| Retopologize

      • The Quad Draw tool lets you fly over the surface of the model creating a new topology in real-time. With this feature an artist can quickly move around the object and build a new model following the surface of the reference.


        • Make the selected object live: Select object > Right click > Make live



        • Modeling Toolkit > Quad Draw