topic Re: Imported model too dark? in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/imported-model-too-dark/m-p/324652#M4482 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for the report. Judging by the screenshot, the imported model looks like it has wrong face normals. Faces that should be bright are dark and vice versa.</P><P></P><P>Please try to set the <EM>Normals</EM> to <EM>auto</EM>. This computes consistent normals using the model face connectivity and a heuristic that favors the world's up direction.</P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/367065_pastedImage_3.png" style="width: auto; height: auto;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:57:31 GMT ThomasFuchs 2017-08-15T15:57:31Z Imported model too dark? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/imported-model-too-dark/m-p/324651#M4481 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, I tried to import kmz model to my scene, but it appears to be way too dark for the texture to be shown (see image attached). I tried to increase scene lighting but it doesn't help. What should I do?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 Aug 2017 20:16:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/imported-model-too-dark/m-p/324651#M4481 awei 2017-08-12T20:16:25Z Re: Imported model too dark? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/imported-model-too-dark/m-p/324652#M4482 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for the report. Judging by the screenshot, the imported model looks like it has wrong face normals. Faces that should be bright are dark and vice versa.</P><P></P><P>Please try to set the <EM>Normals</EM> to <EM>auto</EM>. This computes consistent normals using the model face connectivity and a heuristic that favors the world's up direction.</P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/367065_pastedImage_3.png" style="width: auto; height: auto;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:57:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/imported-model-too-dark/m-p/324652#M4482 ThomasFuchs 2017-08-15T15:57:31Z