Preview the displacement results in the viewport

You can display the results of a displacement map in Viewport 2.0 to get a better sense of how it will look in your final render.

To preview the displacement map in Viewport 2.0

1. Apply the displacement map to your object. See Connect a texture as a displacement map.
2. To enable displacement preview, do one of the following:
   • In the object's shape node, under the Smooth Mesh section, enable Displacement Preview.
   • Press Alt + 3.

   When Displacement Preview is enabled, the following Smooth Mesh attributes are automatically set:

   • Smooth Mesh Preview is enabled.
   • Global (OpenSubdiv Catmull-Clark) is turned off if it is enabled.
   • Subdivision Method is set to OpenSubdiv Catmull-Clark Adaptive.

   Note that turning Displacement Preview off does not return these attributes to their previous settings.

The results of the displacement map are now displayed in the viewport.