mirror geometry??

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# 1 08-08-2008 , 04:44 PM

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HI i have made a shoe with laces, etc...have converted everything to polygons that was previously nurbs, and grouped it and froze the transformation and modified center pivot and grouped it...all i want is a reflection of the shoe group for the right foot...if i try mirror geomety it only mirrors like one piece?? i dont know how else to do it? thanks

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# 2 08-08-2008 , 05:11 PM

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Just do a 'Duplicate Special' and change the scale to -1 in X.

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# 3 08-08-2008 , 05:24 PM

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thanks , but the picture that is in this post is the result of a duplicate special with -1 x.???

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# 4 08-08-2008 , 05:54 PM

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Select the shoe group. Hit ctrl D (duplicate).. Then hit Ctrl G to group the new shoe. Then in the channel box type -1 in the Scale X channel.

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