Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping
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# 1 06-08-2006 , 03:30 PM
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Aligning Vertices to Y Axle

Hi everyone!

I am following the Organic Modeling Tutorial 2 and I got to a stage where is suposed to align the midle vertices of the head to the Y axle. Kurt says to select the vertices, go the front view and then move them in Y axle, while pressing 'X' in the keyboard, moving them first to the right side and then moving them back to the Y axle... But when I do this, they continue to be in the same place (unaligned)!

Here is the picture:
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Any help is welcome!

Regards,
Sepraud


Last edited by Sepraud; 07-08-2006 at 07:41 PM.
# 2 06-08-2006 , 04:32 PM
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Well when you hold x it should snap to axis. Make sure you are holding x before you click to move them...another way to do it is to click on the snap to axis button on the shelf...

# 3 07-08-2006 , 01:03 AM
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Double click your move tool, you'll see the options box come up to the right of it, Look for a setting called " Retain componant spacing", uncheck it..

Hold X, click and watch user added image
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# 4 07-08-2006 , 02:40 AM
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Alternatively, you can use the scale tool.

Make sure "discreet scale" is checked, and relative is not, then scale the verts down - they should snap to "zero" scale, which aligns them all to each other.


# 5 07-08-2006 , 01:00 PM
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Thank you all! You solved the problem! :attn:

Regards, user added image
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