reversing nurbs normals

[rudymassar]

would i be better off reversing the direction of the fur or of the actual surfaces.

$ Yes, always let the normals pointing out!

>i am not really sure of the effects of having my surfaces inwards or of reversing them when in comes to further texturing and animation.

$ If you use the Maya renderer , you'll probably wont get problems. Some renderers only render one side of the surface. Besides that it's cleaner if everything is the same.

>it would be great if someone could fill me in. BTW, is there a way to ensure that all patches are facing the same direction besides showing the normals.

$ Display=>Nurbs Components=>Surface Origins. Just keep your reverse direction box open. Also select all Nurbs surfaces and uncheck double sided in Window=>General Editors=>Attribute Spread Sheet and hit the render tab. The invisible surfaces have normals pointing inwards ;)

GL!Rudy Massar
3d-artist.nl (http://3d-artist.nl)

[Gemini]

thanks a lot, that really is a big help. i appreciate your time

[onlooker]

Rather than start a new thread I dug this one up.

I'm trying to get my normals together, but I have one nurbs surface that the normals are not reversing on. I am getting no errors, but the normals are not turning. What can cause this, anyone?

And also - Can I remedy this? I spent many hours on this surface. I don't want to have to trash it.

[onlooker]

Ok, If anyone ever has the same problem the remedy is simple. Duplicate your nurbs surface, reverse the normals on your duplicate surface, and delete the original. Use your new surface. :p

[rudymassar]

can you post the error message... and can you export the selected surface as a .ma file... and put it somewhere on the server?

Cheers!Rudy
www.3d-artist.nl

Okay... I see that you've already found a solution :D

[onlooker]

I think you missed my last post. I found a fix for it. Also in my initial post I said there were no errors. It was just not reversing the surface direction or some reason.

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