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Problem: Duplicate Special causes just a line
here are 2 images to get a better idea what I mean.
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https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/maya2x.jpg/
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But unless you wanted to make an instance copy of the object using duplicate special is really kind of overkill.
What would have been simpler is to mirror and weld the seam as Dave suggests or I like to use the marking menus and do this...
1. select the object
2. shift-rmb
3. select mirror->mirror +x (in your case)
Or you could simply...
1. press ctrl-d to duplicate the object
2. set the scale of the dup to -1 in the channel box
3. normals>reverse
4. mesh>combine
5. then select and merge the verts
Which if you get used to using the marking menus is faster then messing around with duplicate special. options I tend to use duplicate special when I want to make an instance copy, or I want to duplicate the input nodes, or I want to make multiple copies and not for simple duplicate and scale -1 operations.
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Thanks
I could solve my problem in both ways you told me. You made me happy
Maya is new for me. Is it normal, that the polys go wild if I zoom out? They are kind of flickery.
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Cus u put the scale nodes to 0, causing your model to be 0 on the height (Y), and the front (Z), since you only have -1 in the X that makes it only a line. Put the Y and Z to 1, and -1 on the X node, that will keep the same scale of your model but symetric because of -X.
hope it helped
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Oh yes, this was my mistake
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But I still don't know why it looks so strange.
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