Since the new radiosity feature requires correctly pointing normals (outward), I try doing that by pressing Alt+N (or Strg+N). The result is that the normals do flip somewhere, but neither do they all point outward nor inward.
Is there a possibility to say: “All normals please point outward” (and they do it) ? Do I miss some important detail?
Go in edit mode and select all the vertices of your object… That’s the detail you’re most probably missing…
Then Press Alt+N!!! And select “Recalc Normals Outside”…
From now on, all your Normals will point outwards…
Spyros.
No, I selected all the vertices, and ‘Recalc Normals Outside’ is the only option (I was a bit surprised about that).
I am still totally confused.
Any other suggestions? I tried it with different meshes…
Thanks anyway, Timonides.
I had the same thing when I was editing a mesh that had tio be subsurfed.
I think it was because I had some double vertexes on the corners for bevels, If the vertexes of a plane are all on the same line, Blender can’t recalc normals outside cause it doesn’t know where that is.
Just moving the vertexes a little bit away from eachother and then doiing recalc normals workd for me! 
You can also select only the offending faces and flip their normals. Then do Ctrl-A.
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do CTRL+ALT+N for “Do outside normals” (outside only!!)
do SHIFT+ALT+N for “Do inside normals” (inside only!!)
Actually, it´s SHIFT+CTRL+N to recalculate normals inside, but my mesh must be messed up somehow.
It’s a character where I did some mirroring and normals flipping before, so I better give up on this one.
Thank you all for your help!
Actually, it´s SHIFT+CTRL+N to recalculate normals inside, but my mesh must be messed up somehow.
It’s a character where I did some mirroring and normals flipping before, so I better give up on this one.
Thank you all for your help![/quote]
sorry, must have typed wrong, I actually know this…sorry for your inconvience 