DuplicateSymmetry

Duplicates objects and mirrors the resulting objects across a given plane.

This command ill fail where Duplicate fails.

At the moment, this works for chains and some simple geometry. Some issues still have to be resolved in order to apply it to any geometry (use at your own risk).

oReturn = DuplicateSymmetry( InputObjs, [DuplicateConstraints], [ShareParent], [SymmetryPlaneA], [SymmetryPlaneB], [SymmetryPlaneC], [SymmetryPlaneD], [S3D_CMDARG_FREEZESCL] );

Returns an XSICollection object that contains the list of symmetric objects

Parameter

Type

Description

InputObjs

String

List of objects to duplicate and mirror.

Default Value: Selected objects

DuplicateConstraints

Boolean

Duplicate the constraints on the objects?

Default Value: True

ShareParent

Boolean

Share the same parent

Default Value: False

Possible Values:	Description:
True	Will parent the symmetric object under the same parent as the original (or the symmetric parent, if any)
False	Will parent the symmetric object under the scene root.

SymmetryPlaneA

Double

(Symmetry plane equation) Ax +

Default Value: 0

SymmetryPlaneB

Double

(Symmetry plane equation) By +

Default Value: 0

SymmetryPlaneC

Double

(Symmetry plane equation) Cz =

Default Value: 1

SymmetryPlaneD

Double

(Symmetry plane equation) D

Default Value: 0

S3D_CMDARG_FREEZESCL

Boolean

Freezes negative scaling values created during the symmetry operation.

Default Value: True

Possible Values:	Description:
True	Final scaling will be the absolute value of the original scaling. A center operator may appear in the construction history.
False	Duplicated objects will have negative scaling.

VBScript Example

' This example creates a 3D chain, duplicates it
Create3DSkeleton -1.330, -5.732, 0.000, 2.050, -3.737, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 1.000
AppendBone , 0.000, -4.556, -2.271, False
AppendBone , 1.219, -7.006, 0.000, False
SelectObj "root", "BRANCH"
set obj = DuplicateSymmetry(, True, False, 0, 1, 0, 0, True)