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# 1 13-07-2011 , 12:40 PM

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i've a mesh i want to mirror - I've aligned the vertices precisely along the origin. but when i mirror it's slightly off. any idea what's happening?

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# 2 13-07-2011 , 01:23 PM

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Are you holding down the :X: key as you snap to grid...........dave

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# 3 13-07-2011 , 01:49 PM

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yeah i've just tried that -on the object &vertices --
tho i've just noticed that the bounding box is off slightly...?

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# 4 16-07-2011 , 06:42 AM

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Wow that's strange... I tried coming up with the same result but couldn't.

Last edited by marlonjohn; 16-07-2011 at 07:08 AM.

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# 5 16-07-2011 , 07:31 AM

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Is the pivot point of the original object on the center line?

Select the object, switch to the move tool (w), hit insert, hold v, move the point to one of the vertices along the center line.

Also could try freezing the transformations (modify>freeze transforms)

Other than that I have no idea.

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# 6 16-07-2011 , 11:11 AM

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i've cracked it now - there was a negative x transform on it (-1.6..) I swear i've deleted the history loads of times before now. anyway, freezing the transforms did the trick user added image