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Texturing issue

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Using GMAX for FSX.

I have a problem when texturing. Certain polys seem to be upside down or something. Its hard to explain so i include a picture. U can see ontop of the boat that certain sections reflect differently to others. Can anyone help me with this? I seem to get this problem alot when modeling. The problem seems to appear whenever I use a boolean function on a mesh. Certain polys seem to have flipped.

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Two possibilities come to mind:

1. check the normals for the affected polygons, you may have to flip them

2. check the smoothing groups for the affected polys. Do they use the same smoothing group as the adjacent polys, or worse have NO smoothing group assigned? The latter frequently occurs if you hand create or bool some polys.
 
thanks a ton bill...will definately try looking into that. I believe they have no smoothing.
 
Bill when you have some time could you explain to me with a little more detail how to set the smoothing groups and what number to set them to. Should i set each individual poly to a particular smoothing group or should i select all of the effected polys and set them to a particual smoothing group. Ive tried every single funtion i could find but no joy yet. Im obviously still learning as i go.
 
Excellent! In general though, my first recourse is to select all polys, then click on "Autosmooth."

99.9% of the time, it gives me good results. :D

The exceptions are generally at sharp edges, such as trailing edges of wings, elevator(s), rudder, etc. Those I usually wind up tweaking by hand.
 
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