Questions tagged [solidify-modifier]
"The Solidify modifier takes the surface of any mesh and adds depth, thickness to it." Use this tag for any questions about the use of the solidify modifier.
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solidify modifier material offset error
I used the material offset of Solidify to create this donut with glowing edges.
base color material
bloom material
I'm using two materials, one for the base color of the donut and the other to ...
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How do I get More Consistent Control Over Mesh of Solidified Curves
I'm working with a curve that has a solidify modifier on it. There's also a shrinkwrap modifier to project it onto the surface but I don't think that matters.
I have two questions relating to wanting ...
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Solidify Blender
I'm having a little trouble with solidify on clothes. I've attached a Blender file with 3 dresses.
Problem 1: Dress 2 has solidify added and you can see how the edges are all rough. I am using a ...
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How to remove a specific face after using solidify
I'm trying to create a shelve. I've gone as far as:
Creating a plane
Divide it with Ctrl + R in 4
Select all faces in the middle and remove them
Select all vertices and extract them by 30cm
Use the ...
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Solidify modifier not filling evenly
I am trying to use the solidify modifier to add wall thickness to this kinda curved box I am modeling, but I don't know why the object is not filling evenly across all edges. (fixed!)
Also, I already ...
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Solidify completely distorting
Pic1:The donut
Pic2:Adding Solidify
Pic3:Change offset
I am doing the Donut-series and have managed to apply solidify to the icing a couple of times before without any problems.
Now Solidify creates a ...
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Solidify Modifier Distortion on Walls of House
I am trying to add thickness to the walls of an apartment.
I used a simple plane and extruded geometry to match the layout and extrude the walls up.
Trying to add thickness via solidify mod leads to ...
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Topology causing Subdivision surface and Solidify problems
In short this is probably bad Topology causing Subdivision surface not to work as expected, and also create unknown problems for Solidify modifier.
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I'm very new in Blender, I'm trying to ...
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Blender vertices on the inside (Solidify modifier)
I'm following Blender Guru's blender 3.0 donut tutorial but there is something wrong with my icing.
I'm in Edit Mode but the vertices are on the inside (mine is upside down)
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Make the inside of a complex object "thicker"?
Note: Mostly a blender beginner.
I printed out a scale 3D object at a 1:150 scale, and the walls of the object became so thin they were brittle. Most of the object was OK, just the "bucket" ...
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Model not printable // Solidify doesn't work properly
I made my first 3d model which I'd like to print, but I am experiencing issues with the solidifying part.My model looks like this: When I import it to FlashPrint (The slicer I use), it looks like this:...
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Rim of a mesh is staying rigid in sculpt mode
I have a mesh which can be deformed by the grab brush without any problems except the outer rim of the mesh. For an example, here I added a plain plane and just switched to the scuplt mode grabbing in ...
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How to solidify/fill the extruded region for airfoil?
I am trying to make a wing of an aircraft and started by making its airfoil cross section and then extruding in a desired way so that I had something of the following:
But I want to make it look ...
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Edge contour shows after the solidify modifier
I add solidifier modifier on the bottom plane and the edge on the plane now forms a slight distortion. I want it to be completely flat on the surface. How should I do so ?
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How to evenly add thickness to faces in blender [duplicate]
I'm somewhat new to blender. I have a box with one of its faces being deleted. I'm trying to add a thickness of 2cm to all remaining faces; however, all faces will not be extruded by 2cm.
As can be ...
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How to achieve a black outline effect using ONLY modifiers
So basically, I need to achieve this effect purely using modifiers; I cannot edit the base mesh because the animations I'm using with it will break. I already used the Weld modifier to get the model ...
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Solidify outline not working correctly
So I tried to set up an outline, however, this happened. Ignore the bits with clothes, but the rest (head, hair and right arm) don't have the outline. How do I fix this?
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Is it possible to extrude a vertex group using solidify modifier?
I'm trying to use the solidify modifier to extrude a vertex group like the image below
But when I try the result is a sloped, rather than a rimmed
One of the causes could be the weight painting for ...
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How can I solidify magazine for an AK-47?
I've modelled a magazine for an AK-47 however I am having problems with solidifying it because of its curved nature. Solidify modifier does not work as well as I'd want it too because of the ...
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How to give thickness to circle using solidify modifier?
This is what i'm doing, which is not giving the desired result:
I'm adding a circle using add>mesh>circle.
Then i'm selecting that circle and adding a solidify modifier, adjusting a thickness, ...
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Weird results using Solidify tool
I am in the process of creating an asset for a character model, and when I try to use the Solidify tool to thicken the surface, I get a strange result where some faces thicken in the opposite ...
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How can I fix this pointy, solidified, subdivided surface?
So, I have a fairly simple control cage for what's supposed to be a smooth surface. IOW, it's getting a subdivide modifier slapped on it. However, it also needs some sharp corners... and thickness. So ...
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How do you prevent the Solidify modifier from hiding the verticies in Edit mode?
I am going through the donut tutorial on Youtube. I was on part 4 but started having this weird issue with Solidify so I went back to part 3 and am still not sure what I am doing wrong.
Basically, the ...
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How do I bevel the "corner" edges of a solidified mesh using only modifiers?
I'm making a model that has a solidify modifier, and after that is a bevel modifier with the Weight limit method. I've marked every outer edge of the model with 100% bevel weight, but the edges on the ...
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Difficulty getting two Animation Node Trees to Execute concurrently
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I have two rigged characters in my scene. I am using two Animation Node trees, one for each, to control the thickness of their solidify modifier outlines based on their distance to the Active ...
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Analogue of "Solidify" modifier using geometry nodes
I am trying to create a conical pipe of a certain thickness.
But the combination I use leaves the inner walls of the pipe unfilled.
I need an analogue of the "Solidify" modifiers using ...
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Can't see all my vertices of selected object in edit mode
I've tried looking up this issue and mainly come across this result, which doesn't resolve my issue as my overlays are turned on. I was following this tutorial on YouTube by Blender Guru, until I ...
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How do I create an interior mesh for a vehicle
I am working on a plane for a mod and want to know: How can I create a separate interior mesh, basically making it a solid object. How can I do this without using the solidify modifier?
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How to solidify a model/tube without overlapping/passing through itself?
I want to remodel blood vessels and have uploaded the thin-walled model in blender. To 3D print it, I need to increase the wall thickness to 0.5-1mm. I managed this well with the solidify tool. It ...
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Issue with solidify modifier being uneven
I'm trying to apply a solidify modifier to the following shape:
However, when I do add it, the thickness is not constant:
This is a problem, as am planning to 3D print this, and this would be less ...
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Holes in model after applying subdivide modifier
I'm trying to make a model 3D print ready and after applying a subdivision modifier, there are several holes in the model. I've seen some people say to recalculate the normals or use solidifier but ...
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Blender solidify problems
Sticking out of the donut. I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the icing thingy sticking out.
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Trying to do a Blender Guru Donut icing Tutorial but something is sticking out
I don't even know what to call this since I'm a noob, I was wondering if anybody can tell what I'm doing wrong so I can fix it.?
But once I remove the icing layer on top of the donut the problem is ...
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How to evenly extrude a mesh in geometry nodes?
Using Geometry nodes Extrude Mesh node, I can extrude a simple cube like so:
But the moment I introduce more geometry, for example by adding loopcuts to the cube, the extrude node deforms the new ...
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Solidify modifier not working as intended
I've encountered a strange solidify issue which I have been unable to correct looking through forum suggestions etc. What is happening is that I am applying a solidify modifier to my model and it's ...
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The Solidify modifier giving weird results involving faces going through each other
I have tried doing in depth research in the matter but was unable to find anything that can fix my problem.
Version: 3.0
Description:
I am trying to make a very long hollow cylinder that curves a bit ...
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How can I achieve this glass look?
So Im currently remaking a set of icons on Blender ( the originals were apparently made in C4D ) and I'm having trouble recreating the exact look they have. I'm attaching a screen of the original with ...
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Solidify 3d slice thin walls
I drape the barrels with a subdivided mesh and apply subdivide.
All works fine.
I solidify with .05 thickness and apply.
Most of the draped mesh thickens except the top where it lays across barrels.
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Solidifier and Subdivision Mod behave weird
I want to do a model of a guitar. I need to smoothen the edges and thicken everything, but for some reason the modifiers behave weird. The Subdivision Mod should work on the whole body, but it only ...
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Flipping vertex / edge normals issue
Flipping vertex / edge normals issue.
I have an object that the normals seem to look correct.
When I test it with the screw modifier one of the sides is still flipped.
I've tried selecting the ...
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Solidify bubbled texture issue
I'm new to blender and have spent several hours trying to figure out the issue here. The problem I'm having is a sort of bubble texture on my model after using solidify. I assume this probably has ...
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Solidify modifer makes to steep thickness, can we control the angle?
I need the hat brim thickness to go downward. But solidify modifier makes it, inward.
What is the solution?
Extruding makes the original face gone, I can't use that method either. The only think I can ...
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Why does my Curve freak out when I use Solidify?
I have an attached project file if anyone is so inclined to take a look. Basically I have a simple curve object (imported SVG from Illustrator) that I need to solidify, but when I do I get these ...
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What is the best way to model this hex gradient?
I'm a newbie and I am trying to model a hex gradient on a curved surface. I created the gradient I wanted in Illustrator, brought in as an SVG, converted to mesh, and had a lot of finicky work to try ...
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Plane deforming while using solidify modifier
I modelled a plane into an object , I am trying to increase the thickness so I tried using the solidify modifier, but once I tried to use it my plane became distorted and uneven
Plane in object and ...
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smoothly connect two meshes at a vertex - smooth transition between objects
I am trying to connect two meshes together. The connection is a single vertex. So:
Mesh>Merge>ByDistance
The problem occurs when I add the Solidify modifier (Simple/Thickness 0.3/Offset 0). The ...
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How to add thickness to a mesh making sure it's manifold and good for 3D printing
I'm using blender to prepare a cosplay armor from a 3D model I have. The first part is to cut the model into pieces (e.g. a chest piece). Now this piece is just a "curved surface" (the ...
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Solidify modifier applies uneven thickness,Why?
Why is this so? Especially since I have set the Thickness to Even, this seems unexpected. Thank you.
By the way, this is my original object:
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Blender 3.0, Snap to face + Project individual elements not working as expected
I have started my quest on making donuts. I have remade this doughnut several times and keep finding the same issue.
When I get to the proportional edit of the icing object it should snap to the side ...
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Plane with subdivision and solidify seems to bulge towards center with shade smooth?
I have a plane to which I've added a subdivision modifier and a solidify modifier. All looks good if it's flat-shaded but it seems to curve towards the center if I set smooth shading:
I guess this is ...
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