Manipulating both merged sides of a polygon simultaneousy
 

Hi all,

I modeled half a polygon head, I then used mirror geometry, but I have now lost the ability to manipulate both sides simultaneously. Is there a way around this?

what i usually do is instance copying one half to the other side - means scale-X or scale-Z

But when I merge them, I lose the ability to manipulate both sides simultaneously. Basically I wanted to use it for blendshapes on a merged head, so that I could save time by doing only one side of the head.

In maya 8 nd above (think its came out in 8) theres an option for reflection in the move tool.

I'm still using Maya 7, is there a workaround?

Well, you can allways wait to merge them untill you are finnished with all the features you want both sides to have :) But I am pretty sure you can change both sides after you have merged them as well, in some way ;)