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Forum Archive › Why is it necessary to recalculate normals? › Reply To: Why is it necessary to recalculate normals?
It is super important to recalculate your normals, otherwise Blender will get confused as to what the front and the back of the face is and it will cause all sorts of problems, be it with lighting calculations, modifiers, simulations, etc.