Hello, I recently learned about face weighted normals and just wanted to get some clarification on how they are applied in Maya. My current understanding is that Maya versions after 2012 apply face weighted normals by default on everything. So all I would need to do is add bevels and soften the edges. Is this correct or is…
Face weighted normals is not a panacea . They helped mostly on boxy shaped things with geometry bevels. Their main purpose is transferring shading gradients from big flat quads to smaller and thin bevel ones. Not working that good on intersecting cylinders for example. If your next LOD is without those bevels already it…