Modeling a Character in 3DS Max, 2nd Edition

Since I mirrored the object previously and didn’t reset the xform on

this mesh, you must build the faces in a clockwise direction instead

of the usual counterclockwise.

FYI: FINALLY! THE SECRET OF BUILDING FACES REVEALED

I finally found out through a helpful guest at a Game Devel

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oper’s Conference talk the reason why 95 percent of the time

you build faces in max in a counterclockwise direction and the

other odd 5 percent you build them in a clockwise direction:

Mirror. If at any time your object has been mirrored and the

transform hasn’t been reset in some way, you will build the

faces of that mirrored mesh in the opposite direction you nor

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mally would: ...