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KTA

04-27-2002, 06:21 AM

I am new to Maya, and 3d modeling in general. I remember reading somewhere about doing something with the pivot point of an object so i could work on one half of a model, and have everything reflected onto the other side as i work. i.e. I'm working on my first face, and it seems like the easiest thing to do is model one half of the face and have the other a mirror image. How do i set this up?.... thanks.

SheepFactory

04-27-2002, 06:42 AM

say you start with a box ,

delete the left face > hit insert > vertex snap the pivot to the bottom left vertex > grid snap the box to the origin > duplicate the box (choose instance from options) > type -1 to scale x.

there you go , whatever you do to your original box will update on the other side.

A|i

KTA

04-27-2002, 07:20 AM

aw sweet, thanks man.. it works great... ill have to post if i ever get the head looking good

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