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# 1 24-10-2011 , 04:35 AM

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Ive been having trouble with my Mirror Geometry tool and its been acting all funky and mirroring in a weird way. Any help would be great.

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# 2 24-10-2011 , 06:50 AM

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Just change the mirror settings to"-X" before you do the mirror...........dave

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# 3 24-10-2011 , 10:55 AM

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Also make sure your move settings are on "world" and uncheck "keep spacing". Also be sure all the verts are aligned along the mirroring plane.

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# 4 31-10-2011 , 04:36 AM

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I got it, Thanks for the Help!!

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# 5 07-11-2011 , 06:13 AM

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geometry help

Ive been having trouble with my Mirror Geometry tool and its been acting all funky and mirroring in a weird way. Any help would be great.

Originally Posted by dzb30

i appreciate your post about mirror geometry problems and all your tutorials on maths all awesome so please post geometry help on perpendicular lines because it seems very tough topic for me so help me!!!!!!!!!! user added image