topic Re: Some places it's black in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

Some places it's black

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:40:01 GMT

I've tried everything possible, but I can't understand why these are black.

Re: Some places it's black

irishman_team_kilber — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:52:31 GMT

that could be two reasons you're VGA card is not setup in 3ds max or the other is the default viewport lighting is two 1 light instead of 2 letting. as you know once you start adding your own 3ds max lights the default viewport lights will go out.

how to setup your VGA drivers inside 3ds max

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/3DSMax-Customizing/files/GUID-3D6B4C8E-8C0D-4A9C-BFB0-2463803268CE-htm.html

Re: Some places it's black

10DSpace — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:05:41 GMT

@Anonymous

Maybe you already tried this, but it could also be that the normals of the polygons that are showing as black are flipped (i.e., pointing inward). To check this, select the polygons that appear black and click "Flip" in the Edit polygon rollout if it is an editable poly or "Flip" in the surface rollout if it is an Editable mesh. Hope it helps.

Re: Some places it's black

bioclone_ax45 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:57:11 GMT

You can also use the modifier "normal" to make sure all the faces are correctly pointed... using "unify normals" instead turn ojne by one the flipped ones.