Bad mesh construction

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# 1 02-12-2008 , 05:40 PM

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Hi folks,

it's the newbie again... user added image

so I've been following a tutorial but as i deselected everthing at a certain stage i noticed there where some parts that were shaded oddly... so i think it's a bad mesh construction

how can i avoid these?

and once i have those, do i have to tweak around to get it right or is there a smooth tool instead of "smooth poligon tool" (cuz smooth polygon add verts which i don't want) that allows me to even these areas?

Edit: could post wreframe or other perpective if needed

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# 2 02-12-2008 , 06:35 PM

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under the poly menu theirs a heading for normals including smooth normals harden normals and conform these effect the directions your faces are going and also how they appear.

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