Invisible (unshaded) polygons?

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

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# 1 26-02-2012 , 11:43 AM

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In this screen grab you can see some faces around the rear that are selectable and have wire-frames, but the shaded view doesn't see them. What might I be doing wrong here?

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# 2 26-02-2012 , 12:34 PM

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-1- inverted normals, go to the polygons subset in maya then go to normals and click reverse, small note; you need to select the faces you want to affect
-2-sometimes after an operation ( a spilt or whatever) maya doesn't automatically applies the shader to it, simple fix though and that is to re apply the shader

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# 3 26-02-2012 , 12:53 PM

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It wasn't reversed normals and even re-applying the shader didn't work, I ended up just re-making it. Sometimes it's quicker than trying to work out why something is weird. Thanks for explaining those areas for me.

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