hair_mesher (windows x64 only)addon of blender
guan liang chenHairMesher can Generates permanent parametric mesh hairs (with uv) from particle hairs.
this is the only addon that can generate uv mesh from children interpolated hair particles
(fully C++ implementation,So it can generate 100,000 strand mesh hairs within seconds),
According to the existing particle hair, a mesh with uv can be generated, and each side of the generated mesh is automatically parallel to the scalp where the particle hair is located. In other words, it is always attached to the hair.
You can adjust the parameters again at any time. Alternatively, brush the hair again and update the mesh(this update should be done manually).
Weight maps can be used to define hair density, length, width, and number of sections, etc.
In the future, uv maps will be used to define uv distribution.
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you can discuss on this thread:
https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?383004-Addon-generate-mesh-from-hair(with-UVs)
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update----20180627----
you can offset the segment lenght form top to root(that allow use less mesh to perserve the shape).
add some UV offset options.
update----20200112----
fix the strand mesh’s normal direction align outtowards.
update----20210915----