Reverse Individual, Pre-Selected Facets
- On the Selection Mode
panel, click the Select Faces button
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| A sphere
without any facets selected. |
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A sphere
with multiple facets selected in preparation for reversing them with
the Orient Normals tool. |
- Select the facets for which you want to
reverse normals.
Note: You can use the Paint selection mode
to pre-select multiple 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.
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| After
pressing the Spacebar, the direction indicator arrows turn
yellow and point inward toward the sphere, indicating that the frontfaces for these facets now face toward the inside of the sphere. |
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The
sphere, viewed in Hide Backfaces mode, after reversing the normals of
the selected facets. |
- Press the Spacebar. The normal is
reversed so the facets are "facing" the opposite direction.
- 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 All Facets
of a Selected Object
Unify Normals for All Facets
of a Selected Object
Exercise: Reversing and
Unifying Normals on a Sphere
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