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abed · 10-10-2007, 08:55 AM

hey

i was modeling a character i am working on

i finished the head and the ear

they are both done using polygons

i converted them to subd's to see how they look
it worked

so then i combined both meshes and tried to convert them to subds again it didint work

i checked really well and i dont have any duplicate faces and all vertices are attached

so i checked the normals and the ear normals are all wrong the are pointing to the inside of the ear instead of the outside

how can i flip the normals

jsprogg · 10-10-2007, 09:00 AM

Select the ear and go to Normals at the top and click on reverse.

BadG3r · 11-10-2007, 07:58 AM

most likelz when it worked seperatly zou have to increase the maximum base mesh faces in the convert->polzgon to subd options

look if there is a error message in the lower right. there will be a number in bracket s you should put in there. orjust crank it up to 15000 or sth like that...

10-10-2007, 08:55 AM	#1
abed Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Polygon normals Problem hey i was modeling a character i am working on i finished the head and the ear they are both done using polygons i converted them to subd's to see how they look it worked so then i combined both meshes and tried to convert them to subds again it didint work i checked really well and i dont have any duplicate faces and all vertices are attached so i checked the normals and the ear normals are all wrong the are pointing to the inside of the ear instead of the outside how can i flip the normals Attached Thumbnails

10-10-2007, 09:00 AM	#2
jsprogg Lifetime Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,708 Thanks: 0 Thanked 85 Times in 77 Posts	Select the ear and go to Normals at the top and click on reverse. __________________ 2 x Modeling Challenge Winner

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11-10-2007, 07:58 AM	#3
BadG3r Subscriber Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Frankfurt Posts: 216 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	most likelz when it worked seperatly zou have to increase the maximum base mesh faces in the convert->polzgon to subd options look if there is a error message in the lower right. there will be a number in bracket s you should put in there. orjust crank it up to 15000 or sth like that...