William Alexander Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 C4D NuB has question! Can one mirror a null group or even a selection of objects in C4d? All I can find is the mirror at the polygon level that only allows a single object with polygon selected to be mirrored. Very good possibility I'm missing something here. Attached is a wireframe, obviously I have no real deep burning desire to mirror all individual object's facets in this null group. Thanks WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 Can one mirror a null group or even a selection of objects in C4d? All I can find is the mirror at the polygon level that only allows a single object with polygon selected to be mirrored. WDA, What you're looking for is the Symmetry object. Drop your objects into a Symmetry object, and there you have it. You can move the axis of the Symmetry object to adjust how the objects are mirrored. I've attached a couple of simple screenshots. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted September 6, 2004 Author Share Posted September 6, 2004 Thanks Jack!! Knew it was there somewhere. Your avatar looks strangely familar kind of like the "EL" logo? Or am I mistaken? Don't get south of the border that often. WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted September 6, 2004 Share Posted September 6, 2004 you could also scale them in x -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Nice! The 'symetry' object is a great option. Like the booleans, it looks like it remains dynamic unless you 'collapse' it. I haven't used it yet, but now you can be sure I will. The scale by -1 is an old CAD trick, and it would also mirror for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb602 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 WDA, Glad that helped. I'm not sure what the "EL" logo is. Mine was cooked up with the help of two friends who are graphic designers. Ernest I'm a beginner with C4D modeling myself, but I really like the object oriented approach. It could potentially make it much easier to update models as the design changes. I've also wondered if it would be possible to build objects like parametric doors and windows for Cinema. You could enter a rough opening size and everything else would update automatically. Of course it would be even better if someone wrote a plugin to do this. There's still so much to learn. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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