blender-manual/manual/sculpt_paint/sculpting/tools/inflate.rst

Inflate

Reference

Mode:

Sculpt Mode

Tool:

Toolbar ‣ Inflate

Similar to Draw, except that vertices are moved in the direction of their own normals. Especially useful when sculpting meshes with a lot of curvature.

Also available as a Mesh Filter to inflate all unmasked areas at once.

Brush Settings

General

Direction

Either Inflate or Deflate sculpted areas. This is different from the typical Add & Subtract.

Note

More info at Sculpt tool settings brush settings general brush settings and on Sculpt tool settings brush settings advanced brush settings.