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Fill projections | Substance 3D Painter

Fill projections

Fill layer and fill effects project a texture directly onto the mesh based on a specific mode. This type of layer/effect avoid to manually paint textures on the 3D model. The settings of the projection can be edited via the Properties window.

The properties are divided in two categories: Fill properties and Material.

Fill properties

The Fill properties controls how the Material is applied and/or projected onto the mesh. The projection mode can be changed via the Projection dropdown in the Properties window.

The current projection modes available are:

Material (and grayscale)

The Material / Grayscale controls are identical to the other tools. See the Paint tool documentation for more details.

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