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What is the Weighted Normals modifier used for?

What is the Weighted Normals modifier used for?

Christopher 3D 2024-01-25 15:52 tutorial  > Blender  > modeling

Tutorial by Christopher 3D.

In this video, I cover hard surface type modeling and specifically use normal modification to control shading instead of boundary polygons. We look at the use of the Weighted Normals modifier along with manual adjustment of normals using the Set From Face function.

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