Need a little help with polylines..

Greasetattoo · 5th January 2008, 11:03 PM

Captain,
Well, it worked...
I triangulated the model, then divided.
Worked.
But, when I went to combine, boom, back to black.

I read in the manual:
If after combining surfaces, the new surface appears black from every angle, this means that the first three vertices of the surface form an angle of more than 180 degrees. To prevent this, the vertex order must be changed (Surface->Change Vertex Order) so that the first three vertices of the surface form an angle less than 180 degrees.

I did what it said (Surface->Change Vertex Order).
But that did'nt work.
So, would I have to move the first 3 vertices, manually?
How do I know which are the first 3?

Thanks for all the help...
Grease

5th January 2008, 11:03 PM	#6
Greasetattoo Member Expert member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 97	Re: Need a little help with polylines.. Captain, Well, it worked... I triangulated the model, then divided. Worked. But, when I went to combine, boom, back to black. I read in the manual: If after combining surfaces, the new surface appears black from every angle, this means that the first three vertices of the surface form an angle of more than 180 degrees. To prevent this, the vertex order must be changed (Surface->Change Vertex Order) so that the first three vertices of the surface form an angle less than 180 degrees. I did what it said (Surface->Change Vertex Order). But that did'nt work. So, would I have to move the first 3 vertices, manually? How do I know which are the first 3? Thanks for all the help... Grease