Displace a branch

Use the Displacement brush to carve, shape, and mold features onto a model’s trunk or branches.

A GIF of the Displacement brush creating knob shapes along a branch.

Paint displacement on your model

To paint displacement:

  1. In Freehand Mode, select the node you want to work on.

  2. In the Properties window, select Edit > Displacement.

  3. Adjust the brush according to your needs.

  4. In the Properties window, select the Brush type to use when you paint.

  5. In the Tree window, hold the space bar to enable the brush and left click the mouse to paint displacement.

  6. If you need to apply a specific value to the whole node or remove your changes, use the corresponding Actions in the Properties window.

Adjust the brush

In the Tree window, select and drag the control that corresponds to the property you want to adjust:

The brush controls in the Tree window: an inner and outer ring and an adjacent bar.

Property Control
Brush size Outer ring of the brush.
Brush falloff Inner ring of the brush.
Brush strength Blue dot along the adjacent bar of the brush.
Note

You can also adjust your brush from the Shape section in the Properties window.