[Tetra1984]

I am currently working on a polygonal model in maya, when i go to use simple tools such as "extrude face"on a simple clean 4 sided poly, I will often end up with dark and light bruises around the extrusion on the model depending on which way I extrude it (in/out). They show up in the render too. Does anyone know what it is that i am talking about? If so does anyone have an idea of how to fix/prevent it from happening?

[Edited on 20/5/2004 by Tetra1984]

[Alancran]

try playing with Edit polygons>normals>soften/harden, if the surface has the setting soft very high it will do that.

[oliver]

Edit Polygons-> Normals -> soften/harden

and put in the options 0

(or click All Hard)


that will do it.

or add more edges.. (loops)


O.

[Tetra1984]

cool i'll give it a try, thanks..

[steffenoid]

Yes, making the normals harder can fix that, but often at the expense of smoothness, of the model(duh), which can look bad, so I would go with oliver and recommend that you add more edges. The faces will still be bruised, but the damage will be minimized.