flip an object

# 1 12-08-2014 , 04:36 PM

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every time that i copy an object and then scale it in -1, the object is reversing his normals and become black,then i need to reverse the normals of the object.
if i do this to a group i need to revese all the objects of the group, one by one ,and cant do reverse to all the group at once.
1. is there a way to flip the object without reverse his nomals?
2.how can i reverse the normals of all the group in one action, and not piece by piece?

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# 2 20-08-2014 , 08:57 PM

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Can you not select all the objects, duplicate special then reverse their normals, or group them, scale/duplicate special then reverse normals? I always have to do this, and its a problem for me too, so if nobody has a better sulotion all i can recommend is mine

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# 3 31-12-2014 , 11:45 PM

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Has something changed?

Yesterday I encountered this problem.. and don't remember it being an issue before?

I modelled an ornate table, made a leg and tried to 'duplicate special' it to make the other legs... only they were inside out... (well the first duplicate was. next flipped normals again to be right way out, and then of course the last was inside out again.)

Because I intend to still fiddle with the shape a little, the duplicates are instances... and flipping the normals of these flips the normals of their parent mesh. And cutting the connection means 4x the work in future for modifications..

My belief was that I had a setting wrong, and I hit the inter-google to find the solution. However it seems it's the 'norm' for this to happen... but I swear duplicating and reversing the model across an axis never used to reverse normals... did it?

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Last edited by 3dStudent; 01-01-2015 at 02:25 AM.

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