diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
index b7ca5b8e26..7b0146f5b7 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
@@ -690,6 +690,8 @@ bool RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::updateDependents() {
             _voxelDataDirty = false;
         } else if (_volDataDirty) {
             _volDataDirty = false;
+        } else {
+            _meshReady = true;
         }
     });
     if (voxelDataDirty) {
@@ -707,7 +709,9 @@ void RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::render(RenderArgs* args) {
     assert(getType() == EntityTypes::PolyVox);
     Q_ASSERT(args->_batch);
 
-    updateDependents();
+    if (_voxelDataDirty || _volDataDirty) {
+        updateDependents();
+    }
 
     model::MeshPointer mesh;
     glm::vec3 voxelVolumeSize;
@@ -769,6 +773,11 @@ void RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::render(RenderArgs* args) {
                          0,
                          sizeof(PolyVox::PositionMaterialNormal));
 
+    // batch.setInputBuffer(gpu::Stream::NORMAL, mesh->getVertexBuffer()._buffer,
+    //                      12,
+    //                      sizeof(PolyVox::PositionMaterialNormal));
+
+
     batch.setIndexBuffer(gpu::UINT32, mesh->getIndexBuffer()._buffer, 0);
 
     if (!_xTextureURL.isEmpty() && !_xTexture) {
@@ -1287,23 +1296,26 @@ void RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::recomputeMesh() {
         auto indexBuffer = std::make_shared<gpu::Buffer>(vecIndices.size() * sizeof(uint32_t),
                                                          (gpu::Byte*)vecIndices.data());
         auto indexBufferPtr = gpu::BufferPointer(indexBuffer);
-        gpu::BufferView indexBufferView(indexBufferPtr, gpu::Element(gpu::SCALAR, gpu::UINT32, gpu::RAW));
+        gpu::BufferView indexBufferView(indexBufferPtr, gpu::Element(gpu::SCALAR, gpu::UINT32, gpu::INDEX));
         mesh->setIndexBuffer(indexBufferView);
 
-        const std::vector<PolyVox::PositionMaterialNormal>& vecVertices = polyVoxMesh.getVertices();
+        const std::vector<PolyVox::PositionMaterialNormal>& vecVertices = polyVoxMesh.getRawVertexData();
         auto vertexBuffer = std::make_shared<gpu::Buffer>(vecVertices.size() * sizeof(PolyVox::PositionMaterialNormal),
                                                           (gpu::Byte*)vecVertices.data());
         auto vertexBufferPtr = gpu::BufferPointer(vertexBuffer);
         gpu::BufferView vertexBufferView(vertexBufferPtr, 0,
                                          vertexBufferPtr->getSize(),
                                          sizeof(PolyVox::PositionMaterialNormal),
-                                         gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::FLOAT, gpu::RAW));
+                                         gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::FLOAT, gpu::XYZ));
         mesh->setVertexBuffer(vertexBufferView);
+
+
         mesh->addAttribute(gpu::Stream::NORMAL,
-                           gpu::BufferView(vertexBufferPtr, sizeof(float) * 3,
-                                           vertexBufferPtr->getSize() ,
+                           gpu::BufferView(vertexBufferPtr,
+                                           sizeof(float) * 3, // polyvox mesh is packed: position, normal, material
+                                           vertexBufferPtr->getSize(),
                                            sizeof(PolyVox::PositionMaterialNormal),
-                                           gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::FLOAT, gpu::RAW)));
+                                           gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::FLOAT, gpu::XYZ)));
 
         std::vector<model::Mesh::Part> parts;
         parts.emplace_back(model::Mesh::Part((model::Index)0, // startIndex
@@ -1626,10 +1638,10 @@ bool RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::getMeshes(MeshProxyList& result) {
             // the mesh will be in voxel-space.  transform it into object-space
             meshProxy = new MeshProxy(
                 _mesh->map([=](glm::vec3 position){ return glm::vec3(transform * glm::vec4(position, 1.0f)); },
-                           [=](glm::vec3 normal){ return glm::vec3(transform * glm::vec4(normal, 0.0f)); },
+                           [=](glm::vec3 normal){ return glm::normalize(glm::vec3(transform * glm::vec4(normal, 0.0f))); },
                            [&](uint32_t index){ return index; }));
             result << meshProxy;
         }
     });
-    return meshProxy;
+    return success;
 }
diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp
index e236ecb0fa..034263eb53 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/OBJWriter.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ bool writeOBJToTextStream(QTextStream& out, QList<MeshPointer> meshes) {
     foreach (const MeshPointer& mesh, meshes) {
         meshNormalStartOffset.append(currentNormalStartOffset);
         const gpu::BufferView& normalsBufferView = mesh->getAttributeBuffer(attributeTypeNormal);
-        gpu::BufferView::Index numNormals =  (gpu::BufferView::Index)normalsBufferView.getNumElements();
+        gpu::BufferView::Index numNormals = (gpu::BufferView::Index)normalsBufferView.getNumElements();
         for (gpu::BufferView::Index i = 0; i < numNormals; i++) {
             glm::vec3 normal = normalsBufferView.get<glm::vec3>(i);
             out << "vn ";
diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/MeshProxy.cpp b/libraries/model/src/model/MeshProxy.cpp
index 01bafa086c..1b6fa43c82 100644
--- a/libraries/model/src/model/MeshProxy.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model/src/model/MeshProxy.cpp
@@ -26,14 +26,8 @@ QScriptValue meshesToScriptValue(QScriptEngine* engine, const MeshProxyList &in)
     QScriptValue result = engine->newArray();
     int i = 0;
     foreach (MeshProxy* const meshProxy, in) {
-        qDebug() << "meshesToScriptValue adding mesh: " << (void*)meshProxy;
-        // result.setProperty(i++, QScriptValue(engine, meshProxy));
         result.setProperty(i++, meshToScriptValue(engine, meshProxy));
-        // result.setProperty(QString::number(i++), QScriptValue(meshProxy));
-        // result[i] = QScriptValue(meshProxy);
-        // result << QScriptValue(meshProxy);
     }
-    // result.setProperty("length", i);
     return result;
 }