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Lesson 1: Assigning a fur description
Renaming surfaces on a model
Duplicating objects across an axis of symmetry
3D artists often construct one half of a
symmetrical model in order to simplify the data requirements. The
scene provided for this lesson reflects this situation.
The teddy bear has only one half of its body.
In the next steps, you’ll duplicate the surfaces that make up the
arms, legs, and body across the center axis to complete the model.
To
duplicate surfaces
- In
the scene view, select the five surfaces to be duplicated: the arm,
arm paw, leg, leg paw, and body. Click one surface, then shift-click
the other surfaces until all of the five surfaces are highlighted.
- Select
Edit > Duplicate Special > . In
the Duplicate Special Options window
that appears, select Edit > Reset Settings, then
do the following:
- Change
the X Scale value to -1.
- Click
the Duplicate Special button.
Setting the X Scale value
to -1 duplicates the surfaces in corresponding positions across
the negative side of the X-axis.