VF Vertex Quantize

This add-on was designed for Blender version 2.8-4.1 (though not all previous versions may be fully supported). For Blender 4.2 and onwards, please see the new Mesh Kit extension.

Snaps vertices to custom per-axis increments, for when Blender's grid snap isn't granular enough. Quantization can be applied outside of edit mode so long as vertices within the active object are selected.

Installation and Usage

• Download VF_vertexQuantize.py
• Open Blender Preferences and navigate to the "Add-ons" tab
• Install and enable the Add-on
• It will show up in the 3D view VF Tools tab
• Default keyboard shortcut is Shift + Q

Settings

• Uniform Dimensions
  • Switches between uniform and non-uniform dimensions
• Uniform Value
  • When uniform is enabled, this defines the quantization grid (this periodic distances vertices will be snapped to)
• XYZ Values
  • When uniform is disabled, three input fields define the quantization steps for each axis individually
• Vertex Quantize
  • Click this to snap vertices to the closest defined increments

Known Limitations

• Does not work on objects with shape keys
• When multiple objects are selected, only the active selected object is affected (does not support batch processing multiple models)
• Removing the shortcut key will prevent adding a new one later using the Blender UI (this may be a limitation of the Blender Python API, seems like plugin classes cannot have keyboard shortcuts added by default)