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Old 7th April 2013, 07:43 AM   #17
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Default Re: Solar System Cargo Carrier

One of the most useful sequences I use for adding a lot of detail very quickly is 'duplicate, mirror, rotate'.

Draw an object. Make sure it is perfectly centred along the axis you want to work around. Duplicate it. Mirror it around the axis of your choice. In my example I have used the Y axis. The two cylinders will now be one object. Duplicate the object (in this case the two cylinders) and rotate 90 degrees. Experiment with each axis and with the actual number of degrees until you build up a nicely complex piece of model.
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