normals not behaving on generic un-mod'd objects,

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#1

hey all

those pesky normals are at it again!

I created a circle. extruded it on the z axis then extruded again and sized it in some to create a ring (for a circus). then hit smooth shading, as per usual.

when the smooth shading is introduced the normals just go crazy. ive hit flip and recalculate several times but it barely does anything.

i had this problem yesterday on a resized cube. all i did was resize it and hit smooth again.

these are just basic shapes. whats going on?

#2

It would be helpful if you could tell us which version of blender you are using, and if you could upload the blend files with objects acting strange. When you extrude a circle, the normals will act a bit strange, but When I tested it in Blender 2.56, recalculating normals fixed the problem.

#3

Ctrl-N fixed it for me too. However try also Ctrl-A in object mode, then apply the Loc Rot & Scale.