Reverse All Facets of a Selected Object
- Select the object for
which you want to reverse normals on individual facets.
- On the Utilities tab, click the Orient Normals
button
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The Orient Normals Tool Properties
panel.
Options for the tool include Reverse Normals,
Unify Normals, and Select All Facets.
- Click the Reverse
Normals button
 on the Tool Properties panel.
Note: Regardless which selection mode you're
in, when you click the Reverse Normals button Hexagon automatically
switches you to select faces mode.
- Click the Select All button
on the Tool Properties panel. All facets are selected and a normals
direction arrow indicates which direction each facet is currently facing.
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| The red
arrows pointing outward from the sphere indicate that the facets are
frontfacing. |
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After
pressing the spacebar, the arrows change to yellow and point inward,
toward the sphere, indicating that the facets are backfacing. |
- Press the Spacebar. The normals are
reversed for all facets.
- Press Enter
or click Validate to accept the changes and close the tool.
Using
the Orient Normals Tool
Reverse Individual Facets that Aren't Pre-Selected
Reverse
Individual, Pre-Selected Facets
Unify Normals for All Facets
of a Selected Object
Exercise: Reversing and
Unifying Normals on a Sphere
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