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title: "Create Normals if missing"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/NET_MAXON_NEUTRON_ASSET_GEO_CREATENORMALSIFMISSING.html"
section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Geo Modifier > Create Normals if missing"
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description: "This page documents the Create Normals if Missing node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It generates point normals only where none exist …"
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# Create Normals if missing

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page documents the **Create Normals if Missing node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It generates point normals only where none exist, preserving existing data — the non-destructive variant of Generate Point Normals.

The function of this Node is identical to that of the *Generate Point Normals* Node, except that new normals are calculated only if normals do not already exist. Existing information about normals is not overwritten with this Node.

![Image: 2024-0_Nodes_CreateNormalsWhenMissing_01.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/2024-0_Nodes_CreateNormalsWhenMissing_01.png)\
Here, a simple geometry is created and then normalized.

![Image: 2024-0_Nodes_CreateNormalsWhenMissing_02.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/2024-0_Nodes_CreateNormalsWhenMissing_02.png)\
On the left the generated geometry without assigned normals, on the right with normals.