Oh no! Grease pencil surface placement inaccuracies and oddities

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#1

Hi,

I’m using the grease pencil to draw over object surfaces, and I’m unable to get consistent results or a clean drawn-on surface result. I was expecting the drawn line to attach to the surface without bleeding below it.

I’ve tried manipulating the Offset under the Surface option in Draw mode but I have yet to get the lines to lie flat on the object. The offset number seems tied to how close I am in the viewport, so I can’t rely on ‘this pixel value equals this offset value’.

I’ve tried adding a subdivision modifier to various basic meshes without luck to see if the GP needs more surface detail.

There are also weird line stretching/artifacts but that’s a separate issue.

I’d love to hear any suggestions or fixes.

Thanks!

#2

This is another screencast of gaps depending upon distance in viewport from the object with the Offset value the same. Perhaps I’m missing a setting somewhere?

#3

I can recreate the offset changing with view distance and it definitely seems like a bug to me. You should report it.

#4

Thanks for testing! I submitted the bug.