Maya, smooth vertice's normal after reverse a face's normal

pnyozzzoo · 13-03-2007, 01:28 AM

Hi guys, hope some experienced maya expert can help me a bit.
After i reverse normal on a few polygons and reverse them back but then they are not smooth or blend together nicely with their surrounding polygons. I tried a few actions couldn't figure out how to get things all blend smooth together. I just cannot reset those vertice's normal to their
default position. (or maya calculated).
here is a reference pic:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9145/questionsx3.png

Fredddy · 13-03-2007, 07:01 PM

I think you need to soften the normals.
In Maya 7, select the polys then goto Edit Polygon/Normals and use Soften/Harden.
In Maya 8, select the outside edges of the polys then goto Normals/Soften Edge.
Hope this helps.

13-03-2007, 01:28 AM	#1
pnyozzzoo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Maya, smooth vertice's normal after reverse a face's normal Hi guys, hope some experienced maya expert can help me a bit. After i reverse normal on a few polygons and reverse them back but then they are not smooth or blend together nicely with their surrounding polygons. I tried a few actions couldn't figure out how to get things all blend smooth together. I just cannot reset those vertice's normal to their default position. (or maya calculated). here is a reference pic: http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9145/questionsx3.png

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13-03-2007, 07:01 PM	#2
Fredddy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 861 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 2	I think you need to soften the normals. In Maya 7, select the polys then goto Edit Polygon/Normals and use Soften/Harden. In Maya 8, select the outside edges of the polys then goto Normals/Soften Edge. Hope this helps.

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