Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
# 1 26-06-2004 , 01:23 AM
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Black Faces

Wtf is this, and why are the faces black like this?

user added image

I'll be thankful for some help on how to fix it user added image

# 2 26-06-2004 , 01:51 AM
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Try Edit Polygons > Normals > Set Vertex Normals.

When you soften your edges, you'll probably need to adjust your threshold angle to prevent it from happening again.

# 3 26-06-2004 , 02:52 AM
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Thanks! Well.. Set Vertex Normals didn't work, but I tried some of the other tools in Edit Polygons > Normals, and I solved the problem after some different "tooling"user added image

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