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coldby · 14th May 2010, 09:33 AM

How about unchecking the "offset duplicates" box (File menu -> settings), duplicating your object and then mirroring the duplicate? That's the way I do it.

Just make sure that the 'seam' surface of your original is flat and lies on the plane defined by two axes - however even forgetting that is no capital sin: you just select two homologous vertices on either half after mirroring, and then snap the two halves together (snap objects by vertices).

Couldn't be easier :-)

P.S.: in particular if the result has to be smooth (as for instance when you're dealing with a face), once you're done it's also advisable to merge the two halves together and optimize the vertices, so that the surfaces across the seam become contiguous.

14th May 2010, 09:33 AM	#2
coldby Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 102	Re: Symmetry/Mirror help and questions... How about unchecking the "offset duplicates" box (File menu -> settings), duplicating your object and then mirroring the duplicate? That's the way I do it. Just make sure that the 'seam' surface of your original is flat and lies on the plane defined by two axes - however even forgetting that is no capital sin: you just select two homologous vertices on either half after mirroring, and then snap the two halves together (snap objects by vertices). Couldn't be easier :-) P.S.: in particular if the result has to be smooth (as for instance when you're dealing with a face), once you're done it's also advisable to merge the two halves together and optimize the vertices, so that the surfaces across the seam become contiguous.