Displacement, located in Freehand Mode, gives you the ability to carve, shape, and mold features onto a model’s trunk or branches; create gnarled roots, knobby knots, and custom textures wherever you want them.

Note: Displacement edits will remain regardless of changes to the model’s resolution.

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Follow these steps to get started with displacement.

• In Freehand Mode, select any Branch generator, then select Displacement in the Properties Window. The Displacement Brush will appear on your selection.

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• Drag the Small White Dot or center line to slide the Bend brush along the branch.

• Drag the Large Blue Dot to bend. Hold “Space” and drag the Large Blue Dot to lengthen the branch.

• Drag the Small Blue Dot to resize the Bend brush.

• Drag the floating Blue Tab to twist the selected branch.

• Hold “CTRL” to make the Bend brush follow your pointer.

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Controls the Bend brush’s length, from 0 to 1.

Changes the strength of your bends. Higher values result in deeper bends, lower values will result in stiff, linear bends.

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Checking Rotate Gizmo reveals a globe that allows you to quickly rotate and bend the spine.

Tracks your bend actions and allows you to undo/redo them in sequence.

Removes all your bend actions.