topic Re: Object turns black when scaled... in Maya Modeling Forum

Object turns black when scaled...

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 20:48:24 GMT

Here's a problem I'm having that probably has quite an easy answer but I'm quite new to modelling so forgive me! When I scale two grouped objects by -1 on the x axis they turn black after trasnforming, how do I fix this? I have attached a screenshot to show you what I mean.

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anifex09 — Thu, 08 May 2014 20:06:18 GMT

need to see a wireframe. do you have AO on in the viewport ?

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anonymous — Thu, 08 May 2014 20:19:07 GMT

Here's the same screenshot with a wireframe, AO isn't on, I haven't messed around with any shaders or materials.

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anifex09 — Thu, 08 May 2014 20:41:04 GMT

you didn't attach an image. Did you use boolean to create the windows. Try setting your scale back to zero and delete the history (select the object - Edit pulldown - Delete by Type - History)

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anifex09 — Thu, 08 May 2014 20:42:05 GMT

I made a mistake set the scale to 1 then delete the history

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anonymous — Thu, 08 May 2014 21:04:06 GMT

Oh sorry, here's the file, deleting the history didn't work! Thanks for your help by the way 🙂

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Steve_Curley — Thu, 08 May 2014 22:44:52 GMT

All files (except images) must be zipped (and only zip, not any alternative) or they will not attach. Please zip your file then try attaching it again.

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 07:35:20 GMT

Oh sorry, I didn't realise, I also attached the .mb file if that helps!

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anifex09 — Fri, 09 May 2014 10:47:04 GMT

Just select your windows_side1 group - goto Modify - Freeze Transformations. Sometimes when we scale an object in your case the X axis with a negative value we can alter the interpolation of the normals in the viewport.

Re: Object Turns Black when Scaled

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 12:04:20 GMT

Thank you so much! It worked 🙂

Re: Object turns black when scaled...

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:01:47 GMT

Use "Mesh Display" -> "Reverse"