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Inverted normals [message #3151] Sat, 28 February 2009 20:50 UTC

dfbills
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I'm new at this, but trying to use sketchup 7 to do a very simple tray. I keep getting Inverted normals errors, but I can't locate them. Can someone help?

Attachment: Drip Tray 3.dae
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Re: Inverted normals [message #3152 is a reply to message #3151 ] Sat, 28 February 2009 21:18 UTC

daddymack
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Hi dfbills, the problem appeared that many polygons in your mesh were not properly attached

I've left the original in tact and made a cleaner version in the attached file

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Re: Inverted normals [message #3154 is a reply to message #3152 ] Sun, 01 March 2009 00:19 UTC

dfbills
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I'm still getting inverted normals- even on your file. Ugh.

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Re: Inverted normals [message #3156 is a reply to message #3154 ] Sun, 01 March 2009 01:32 UTC

daddymack
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the file I upped had both your original and my fixed one because I wasn't sure how perfect you wanted it to be regarding measurement (I made it by eye)

here's a clean one which I tested first;)

http://www.shapeways.com/model/19659/tray_test.html

Check the measurements first tho mate;)