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Mach

01-23-2004, 06:36 AM

Alright, to begin, I am a complete and utter Maya newb, so go easy on me. :p

Anyways, I am trying to model the fan blades on a jet turbine, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get more than one blade, unless I was to position each one by hand.

Is there an "Array" command like in AutoCAD?

All I need is for the blades to arrange in a circle, so they look like an actual jet engine. Help???

Oh jeez, I've been working to long... I just hit ALT+MButton2 to try and pan down the page...

air_malik

01-23-2004, 04:37 PM

Try 'duplicate with transform'

bgdave39

01-23-2004, 11:44 PM

Or you could put the pivot at the point closest to the center of where it spind and duplicate with a rotate value of like 30 degrees. I made some wheekls earlier today and that is how i did it. i assume it's a similar shape. :thumbsup:

zachgrachan

01-24-2004, 03:43 AM

don't feel bad, I seem to think alt+mouse button will work on almost everything after a long day, sometimes the tv, photoshop, windows, etc.

monsitj

01-24-2004, 12:16 PM

select your model
contrl +d and move or rotate to the right place
and continue shift+d,shift+d,shift+d,shift+d,shift+d,shift+d,shift+d,...........:)

Mach

01-25-2004, 02:42 AM

Woo... Thank you all! The Duplicate with Transform did the trick.

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