diff --git a/src/Demos/osgconv/orientationconverter.cpp b/src/Demos/osgconv/orientationconverter.cpp
index fcbb9e824..b3d3b2b8f 100644
--- a/src/Demos/osgconv/orientationconverter.cpp
+++ b/src/Demos/osgconv/orientationconverter.cpp
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ class TransformFunctor : public osg::Drawable::AttributeFunctor
     public:
     
         osg::Matrix _m;
+        osg::Matrix _im;
 
         TransformFunctor(const osg::Matrix& m):
-            AttributeFunctor(osg::Drawable::COORDS|osg::Drawable::NORMALS),
-            _m(m) {}
+            AttributeFunctor(osg::Drawable::COORDS|osg::Drawable::NORMALS)
+        {
+            _m = m;
+            _im.invert(_m);
+        }
             
         virtual ~TransformFunctor() {}
 
@@ -30,16 +34,8 @@ class TransformFunctor : public osg::Drawable::AttributeFunctor
             {
                 for (osg::Vec3* itr=begin;itr<end;++itr)
                 {
-                    // note post mult rather than pre mult of value.
-
-		    // Yep,  I noted that post mult doesn't work.
-		    // All the normals are upside down or facing the 
-		    // wrong way
-		    // -don
-                    //(*itr) = osg::Matrix::transform3x3(_m,(*itr));
-                    //(*itr).normalize();
-
-		    (*itr) = (*itr) * _m;
+                    // note post mult by inverse for normals.
+                    (*itr) = osg::Matrix::transform3x3(_im,(*itr));
                     (*itr).normalize();
                 }
                 return true;
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ void OrientationConverter::setConversion( const Vec3 &from, const Vec3 &to )
 
 void OrientationConverter::convert( Node &node )
 {
-    _cv.apply( node );
+    node.accept(_cv);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Demos/sgv/sgv.cpp b/src/Demos/sgv/sgv.cpp
index ea7a952ba..d872c63bd 100644
--- a/src/Demos/sgv/sgv.cpp
+++ b/src/Demos/sgv/sgv.cpp
@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@
 
 class TransformFunctor : public osg::Drawable::AttributeFunctor
 {
-
     public:
     
         osg::Matrix _m;
+        osg::Matrix _im;
 
         TransformFunctor(const osg::Matrix& m):
-            AttributeFunctor(osg::Drawable::COORDS|osg::Drawable::NORMALS),
-            _m(m) {}
+            AttributeFunctor(osg::Drawable::COORDS|osg::Drawable::NORMALS)
+        {
+            _m = m;
+            _im.invert(_m);
+        }
             
         virtual ~TransformFunctor() {}
 
@@ -48,8 +51,8 @@ class TransformFunctor : public osg::Drawable::AttributeFunctor
             {
                 for (osg::Vec3* itr=begin;itr<end;++itr)
                 {
-                    // note post mult rather than pre mult of value.
-                    (*itr) = osg::Matrix::transform3x3(_m,(*itr));
+                    // note post mult by inverse for normals.
+                    (*itr) = osg::Matrix::transform3x3(_im,(*itr));
                     (*itr).normalize();
                 }
                 return true;