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Normal Edit Modifier
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System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.17134 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 430.86

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.80 (sub 74), branch: master, commit date: 2019-07-11 13:50, hash: rB06312c6d2db8
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Short description of error
The Normal Edit Modifier is broken - whenever I apply this modifier to a mesh I get weird results. Some of the normals seems to be set to ~hard.
In 2.79 I've get the result I expect, so it seems to be a bug.

I want to achieve a even surface for my foliage and these broken normals are a bit of a downer.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Adding Suzanne.
Adding a Sphere.
Add Normal Edit Modifier to Suzanne. Leave everything as default.
Add the projection target.

normaledit.blend912 KBDownload

Event Timeline

Auke Huys (gestoryscht) created this task.Jul 13 2019, 10:27 PM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Archived.Jul 15 2019, 3:49 PM
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I applied the modifier in blender 2.79 and appended the object in 2.8 and the result was the same seen with the modifier of 2.8.
Therefore there is no regression on the modifier.
The difference you're seeing is because of the engine shader.
Blender 2.79 default shader is more compared to a MatCap in blender 2.8.
Add the Subdivision Surface modifier and you'll see better what's happening in 2.79.