basic human form part 3

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# 1 20-07-2008 , 10:35 AM

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I am doing the basic human form tutorial and everything worked out well except for the part wen i finished converting that half part to sub div and then wants to duplicate the other half part.wen i duplicate all but the head fits bak to thier correct postions.were am i going wrong? do i have to duplicate or i have to do another operation?

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# 2 20-07-2008 , 12:06 PM

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try this link

https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...threadid=30447

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# 3 21-07-2008 , 05:28 AM

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let me show the images which will best explain my problem.The whole image is ok but the head now is not duplicating the correct way and i don't knw how to do it cz i had combined the whole body parts into one polygon and then converted into subdiv

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# 4 21-07-2008 , 05:46 AM

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from my image above do now see where am getting stuck. the face , unfortunately the pic quality is bit bad

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# 5 21-07-2008 , 06:09 AM

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so all of your polygons are combined and into subdiv, but your heads are the other way around which you dont want...right?

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# 6 21-07-2008 , 06:15 AM

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thats right my head is the other way round which i don't want.help pliz , how do i solve that problem:headbang:

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# 7 21-07-2008 , 08:48 AM

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yeah i have combined all the polygons and converted them to subdiv

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# 8 21-07-2008 , 09:57 AM

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It seems as if you mirrored the head across the wrong axis.

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# 9 21-07-2008 , 10:40 AM

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how do i mirror the head in the correct axis since i have combined all the polygons i.e the head, the torso, the arms and the legs into one polygon surface and i then converted the combined polygon into subdiv.Can i delete the head and mirror it separately?

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# 10 21-07-2008 , 11:03 AM

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Duplicate the original side of the head and scale this in the - or + X by 1 (-1 or 1) and this will allow the head to be positioned correctly. Also make sure the axis is set to the origin 0,0,0 before duplicating.

To be able to set the Origin select the object and press Insert, then use the move tools whislt holding X to snap it into position. Then press insert to go back to the standard tool...

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# 11 24-07-2008 , 04:16 AM

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If you have got all the peices combined, you might want to seperate polygons, so that they are individual peices, then get one of the sides of the head the right way, then do what r@nsid said user added image