Unable to Recalculate Normals
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Hi,

So every time I try to recalculate normals, I get no result. I'm in Edit Mode, I select everything I press ALT+N, nothing happens. I also tried SHIFT+N and SHIFT+CTRL+N.

I saw someone on the internet mentioning that I should go to Sculpt Mode then Face Sets option & Face Sets from Visible and then come back to EM & then press ALT+N. That worked on another project, but I've tried with 2 different ones and I'm not able to recalculate normals anymore. I must be doing something wrong.

I would appreciate your help.

Answer 1 · 2023-01-24T18:43:13Z

Omar Domenech replied January 24, 2023 6:43pm

Can you provide a screenshot? Maybe even the blend file? All of that should work, I've never had problems with recalculating normals. Sometimes there's this or that face that wont go off red, so I just Alt N and flip it manually.

Answer 2 · 2023-01-24T18:49:11Z

replied January 24, 2023 6:49pm

Yes, it should be a simple operation. Here's the file

Answer 3 · 2023-01-24T18:55:06Z

Omar Domenech replied January 24, 2023 6:55pm

Oh ok, it's entirely flat. You can just select everything, ALT + N and flip.

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Answer 4 · 2023-01-24T19:09:09Z

replied January 24, 2023 7:09pm

THank you!

Answer 5 · 2023-01-24T19:15:30Z

Martin Bergwerf replied January 24, 2023 7:15pm

Don't select everything, select one red (incorrect Normal) Face and then Select Similar > Normal:

Then you'll have only all the red Faces Selected and you can use ALT+N > Flip.

Thanks to blanchsb for this tip!

🤟🏼

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Answer 6 · 2023-01-24T19:25:44Z

replied January 24, 2023 7:25pm

Thanks!

Answer 7 · 2023-01-30T04:49:18Z

replied January 30, 2023 4:49am

Such a handy menu (select similar and by trait)

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