Oops - Uploaded Mesh from Maya Inside-Out

[Sae Luan]

I created a very simple star I needed for something I'm working on, but when I uploaded it, it uploaded inside-out.  How can I fix this in Maya so that when I reupload it, it is not inside-out?

 

[Kwakkelde Kwak]

Unlike maya, SL sees only one side of the faces. You have your normals wrong, all facing inwards. I don't know what buttons to click in maya to change this... others will. Anyway, flipping the normals will solve your issue.

[Sae Luan]

No need for anyone else to answer.  Based on the above answer, I fixed it.  Under the polygon menu set, there's a normals menu, drop down and "reverse normals"

[Chosen Few]

To prevent the problem from happening in the first place, it's best to work with backface culling enabled.  You'll find the option under the Shading menu in every viewport.

[Sae Luan]

Thanks for the tip!

[Fluffy Sharkfin]

Alternatively you can disable display of backfaces for any object in a scene by selecting the object then going to Render Stats in the Attribute Editor and unchecking the Double Sided option.

[Sae Luan]

Ah yes I remember Xenius telling about that in his classes.  Thanks for the reminder.