Thread: Fixing normals
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Old 6th March 2010, 07:04 AM   #2
luuckyy
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Default Re: Fixing normals

Hi,
unfortunately, as you said, there's no "synchronize normals" option available in AC3D. The best thing to do is to take care of your normals while modeling.

I've found that reversed normals sometimes appear when :
1 - I extrude a face (the top of a cylinder for example) along a path
2 - I create an ordered surface

For case 1, after the extrude, I usually make all the extruded faces 1-sided and see if there's a problem

For case 2, the trick is to select your vertices counterclockwise while you (the camera) are facing the surface you are creating

HTH
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