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  • Published 24 Jan 2023

Seam thickness in Blender

Hello. Is it possible to make 2 modes of displaying seams in 3D in blender? 1 Standard as now. 2 Thicker seams like in 3ds max? Option 2 should allow you to completely paint over the entire edge that is marked as a seam with a given color. Ideally, this would be convenient to set in the theme options, just as you can set the size of the vertices. 11s.png 1s.png

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I want the option that the seams are completely filled with the color that is specified in the set markseam and not, as it was now, the color of the edge is always visible, which is also set to standard black. 111s.png

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advanced8888
24 Jan 2023

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1D_Inc

I would prefer 3 options.

  • Overpaint (like in 3dsmax, compatible with lowpoly meshes)
  • 2.8x (compatible with midpoly meshes)
  • 2.7x (compatible with dense meshes)
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Lauloque

Could you explain precisely what these three options mean? It's not self-explanatory.

I suppose "Overpaint" would mean "thicker" as per the proposal shows?

1D_Inc

Yes, overpaint is thickest, 2.8 is thick+ edge display, 2.7 is the thinnest

Xylvier

Be aware that changing the way the seams are displayed would also affect the way sharp edges or creases would look. It's based on a shader, and while I believe it might be possible to adjust it, it would not be like the other named software packages.

The inner and outer colors have their meaning. So far adjusting the thickness will adjust the inner and outer part of the line equally. Would be worth checking if that 1:1:1 ratio could be adjusted, though I'm very certain, that unicolored edges like in other software won't be implemented as it would mean an entire different system.

advanced8888 Author

This would be especially useful if the mesh geometry is set to white. Thick seams would be better seen than the option that is now. Try to do this and even the red color is not as noticeable as on the black edges. In 3ds max, this is always visible on any color of the edges.

advanced8888 Author

Thick/Thin 

The display thickness setting applies to both pelt seams and map seams:

    Thick Displays map seams and peel/pelt seams on object surfaces in the viewports with relatively thick lines. The line thickness increases when you zoom the view in and decreases when you zoom out. This is the default choice.
    Thin Seam Display Displays map seams and peel/pelt seams on object surfaces in the viewports with relatively thin lines. The line thickness remains constant as you zoom the view in and out.

It's written in the description for 3ds max.