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I'm working on the center cup part of a daffodil, and this is my current setup. I have textures that are mapped such that they displace the geometry the way I want it. I then have a Solidify modifier to prevent the mesh from being "single-sided". This is the result:

Current Result

However, the problem I'm having is that the textures seems to displace the geometry after the Solidify modifier has been applied, but I want the textures to displace the geometry before the Solidify modifier. I know there's a Displace modifier, but that doesn't give me the fine-tuning control I need and have within the Texture panel. As the textures displace according to the normal, the result is that the edge is thick when I want it to have the same thickness as the rest.

How can I force the Solidify modifier to take place last? Is there another way to achieve the same result?

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  • $\begingroup$ What exactly can't you do with displace modifier that you can do with the texture panel? as far as I know, the displace modifier can use any texture made in the texture panel.. $\endgroup$ – gandalf3♦ Jul 8 '13 at 2:47
  • $\begingroup$ @gandalf3: In the texture panel, I've set the projection to Tube, the mapping is X: X, Y: Y, Z: None, and on the X-axis, the texture repeats 6 times. $\endgroup$ – El'endia Starman Jul 8 '13 at 4:00
  • $\begingroup$ I see.. you could use three different displace modifiers (one each fore X, Y, and Z) and the displace does seem to take into account the repeating. As far as I know, there is no way to do this with the Texture panel displace, as the displacement is done at rendertime on the already solidified mesh. $\endgroup$ – gandalf3♦ Jul 8 '13 at 5:03
  • $\begingroup$ @gandalf3: Just tried that. Doesn't work. The entire mesh moves in one direction or the other, which indicates that it's being applied uniformly in one direction, despite the fact that I set texture coordinates to UV. Also, using the Displace modifier doesn't allow me to use the multiple-output feature of texture nodes. $\endgroup$ – El'endia Starman Jul 8 '13 at 5:09
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Displace Modifier

Using this modifier before Solidify is the easiest option.

Displace modifier example

Since you seem to have tried this, I'll include the blend file for you to inspect.

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You can use the "Material Index Offset" setting of the Solidify modifier to apply a material with a inverted displacement to the generated faces.

Example setup

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