How to make this pattern non-destructively so I can animate it?

Hey guys, I created this pattern destructively and I want to create it non-destructively so I can create a wave animation.

How I created this:
-plane
-subdivision surface modifier
-displace modifier with cloud texture

-applied those, and then:
-triangulate modifier
-edge split modifier
-smooth modifier
-solidify modifier

Is there a way to create an effect like this without applying the first 2 modifiers?
I tried to just stack all of the modifiers, but I didn’t get the same end result.

Thank you!

If modifiers are set exactly the same, same modifiers, same order, same values : end result should be the same.

Mentioned modifiers should not behave differently, by taking into account same geometry with applied modifiers or not applied ones.

There are 3 types of Smooth modifiers. Maybe, you did not use the same.
Maybe you forget an adjustment, a scaling of object. Or some setting of applied modifiers, used texture were different than the ones used by copy without applied modifier.
Maybe, you are not looking at geometry from same viewpoint.

There would be a difference, if you did not apply modifiers in order of their effect.
There would be a difference, if a modifier had its effect disabled for render and viewport.

Your render seems perfectly feasible with mentioned modifiers , without applying them.

Thank you so much for your detailed response! I must have done something wrong then. I will try again! I appreciate it!

I hope this doesn’t bother… here is a screenshot. It’s still not working for me.

The first screenshot is the material I’m trying to make non-destructively:

The second screenshot is the original material:

And here’s how the non-destructive material looks (without shader)

Any thoughts as to what I’m doing wrong here?

Oh never mind! As I’m writing this out I realize that I missed a modifier :slight_smile: oops! Thanks again!

Hi rivkie,
you could use Geometry Nodes to make this pattern:


Pattern.blend (124.8 KB)

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WOW! Thank you so much!

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