Doc:2.6/Manual/Modifiers/Generate/Solidify

Solidify Modifier

Mode: Any mode

Panel: Modifiers

Description

The Solidify modifier takes the surface of any mesh and adds a depth to it.

Options

Solidify modifier

Clamp Offset

Thickness

The depth to be solidified.

Offset

A value between -1 and 1 to locate the solidified output inside or outside the original mesh. Set to zero, Offset will center the solidified output on the original mesh.

Clamp

A value between 0 and 2 to clamp offsets to avoid self intersection.

Vertex Group

Restrict the modifier to only this vertex group.

Invert

Inverts the previous selection.

Rim and edges. In this example, the object was assigned a second material used to color the rim red.

Crease

These options are intended for usage with the Subdivision Surface modifier.

Inner

Assign a crease to the inner edges.

Outer

Assign a crease to the outer edges.

Rim

Assign a crease to the rim.

Even Thickness

Maintain thickness by adjusting for sharp corners. Sometimes improves quality but also increases computation time.

High Quality Normals

Normals are calculated to produce a more even thickness. Sometimes improves quality but also increases computation time.

Fill Rim

Fills the gap between the inner and outer edges.

Rim Material

Uses the object's second material for the rim; this is applied as an offset from the current material.

Hints

• The modifier thickness is applied before object scale; if maintaining a fixed thickness is important use unscaled objects (or account for the scale).

• Solidify thickness is an approximation. While "Even Thickness" and "High Quality Normals", should yield good results, the architectural/CAD modeling the final wall thickness isn't guaranteed, depending on the mesh topology. To look at it differently - maintaining precise wall thickness in some cases would need to add / remove faces on the offset shell - something this modifier doesn't do since this would add a lot of complexity and slow down the modifier.