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I'm having a persistent issue with the Clay Strips sculpting tool that results in a series of lines during stokes:

Example

Some things of note:

  • Remeshing resolution doesn't make a difference, if anything the higher I go the worse it gets. The example has 1 million faces.
  • I've tried adjusting the spacing between 1-5%. Again, no difference. (1% pictured).
  • Adjusting tip roundness can alleviate it somewhat, but it doesn't go away regardless.
  • The issue persists regardless if I use my tablet (with pressure sensitivity) or my mouse. In the above example, the left strokes are with a tablet, while the right was with a mouse.
  • The scale is correctly set.

What makes this behaviour doubly bizarre is the somewhat consistent pattern it's exhibiting:

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(The above image uses the tool reset to its default values).

I'm using 2.93. When I watch videos of people using this tool, they don't appear to have the same issue. Is there a setting I'm missing or something?

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Set the Normal Radius for the brush to 1. Not sure what it does exactly, but if it's set to anything higher, it will cause that strange, persistent pattern.

Other patterns can be caused by too low Spacing or too high Hardness.

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  • $\begingroup$ It certainly diminishes the patterns when I do slow strokes in straight-on orthographic views, though not entirely. And as soon as I speed up, or try from a more natural angle, it rears its ugly head again. $\endgroup$
    – Em.
    Commented Jul 6, 2021 at 9:11
  • $\begingroup$ As for how setting the normal radius functions, when you set it lower and try sculpting from various angles, it acts much less in a manner where it's thin strips building up on the underlying shape and more like a rapid build up on itself instead. $\endgroup$
    – Em.
    Commented Jul 6, 2021 at 9:20

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