Annoying problem with normals

Support Modeling
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Hi, This is probably something simple that I’m missing, but I’m having some really annoying issues with the normals… I’ve noticed that sometimes, (I think it’s when I just start with a plane, and extrude it and build an object) the normals all end up facing either negatively or positively on the y-axis… It doesn’t cause an issue in rendering, because when I calculate the normals outside, they’re on the right sides of the faces, but if I ever try to scale along the normals, it just goes along the y axis.

This is really bugging me, I followed a head modeling tutorial, and then I tried to put hair on it, but all the normals were screwed up.

So basically, is there a way to make the normals perpendicular to the plane? (I know there’s a specific word for that, I just can’t think of it right now…)

I can upload a blend file if anyone wants to see what I mean.

Thanks in advance for your help!

-Andrew

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I’m not really sure what you mean, so I think a .blend file would be super.

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Maybe applying the object’s scale in Object mode will help [Ctrl+A].

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Try selecting in object mode and try Ctrl+A: Scale and Rotation to ObData.

Richard

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Thanks! I didn’t think to apply scale and rotation! It works now! Thanks!

-Andrew