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# 1 01-03-2014 , 12:06 PM
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Did I just divide by zero?

I have no idea what I did, but can someone tell me how to turn this feature off, please? Stuff looks like it's a cactus every time I select it.
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display->polygons->face normals
 
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# 3 01-03-2014 , 04:04 PM
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Thank you! X)
 
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# 4 01-03-2014 , 11:01 PM
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Actually you divided by sqrt(Nx^2 + Ny^2 + Nz^2) *ba dum tish*





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# 5 03-03-2014 , 12:43 PM
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Actually you divided by sqrt(Nx^2 + Ny^2 + Nz^2) *ba dum tish*





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Originally Posted by NextDesign
Not completely true..
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This is the length of the normal vector.. but by definition the normal vector has a length = 1.

*ba dum tish*
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Normal vectors are of arbitrary length; a unit normal vector has length one.
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