[Bf-funboard] Apply Mirror Modifier as a new mesh

[Bol Bib]

twice,thrice any number of times ^^


the only things that get the desired result is doing it in edit mode ,or with mirror modifier


But I think i have found the problem.

I needed to APPLY rotation first.
strange that blender doesn't somehow compensate for that 


Possibly there is some math at work that I do not understand.


Now that I know of it I won't forget it quickly but I'm sure lotsof people wouldn't know how to solve this.
So I'd still advocate that extra function for the modifier. it's easier to understand for most people then a scale trick that needs the exact right parameters to get it right and that they can't find in the UI (you have to KNOW it) .


> From: kungfoobar at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:15:13 +0100
> To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Apply Mirror Modifier as a new mesh
> 
> The mirror modifier acts in local coordinates. Have you tried pressing Z twice?
> 
> DiThi
> 
> 
> 2012/10/28 Bol Bib <bollebib at hotmail.com>:
> > I tried every combination I could think of. negative /posiitve/ x/y/z /Z+X/Z+Y/X+Y/..
> > Now I noticed that mirroring like this has no problem whatsoever in edit mode.
> > Is it intended to work differently in object mode then in edit?
> >  I never noticed this before but I guess it does make a difference?
> >
> > In object mode if I do exactly the same, the object mirrors but the rotation is not mirrored (or perhaps it is mirrored and rotated by 180 degrees so that up is down and down is up)
> >
> > Is this supposed to happen?
> >
> > When I do the same in edit mode it's a true mirror,as I expect it to.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:30:18 +0100
> >> From: magick.crow at gmail.com
> >> To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Apply Mirror Modifier as a new mesh
> >>
> >> Perhaps you scaled it into the negative side?
> >>
> >> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Bol Bib <bollebib at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> > yes,I know of that trick
> >> >
> >> > unfortunatly for whatever reason it did not want to work with this particular set of objects.
> >> > I don't know what exactly went wrong,never had problems before,but somehow the axis was screwed up.
> >> > even with the mirror modifier I had to assign an object as middle point before it wanted to mirror correctly.
> >> >
> >> > + you can't always count on an axis to be there conveniently when mirroring. So extending the mirror modifier seemed a good extra idea
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:21:06 -0400
> >> >> From: jason at handturkeystudios.com
> >> >> To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Apply Mirror Modifier as a new mesh
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Bol Bib <bollebib at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Is there a way to apply the mirror modifier and get a new object out of
> >> >> > it,rather than the mirrored mesh be part of the existing mesh?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If there is, I cant find it.
> >> >> > And if there isn't ...could there be? It seems like a useful extra function
> >> >> > to have.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Right now if you want this you need to go into edit mode and seperate by hand.
> >> >> > If you mirror lots of objects then you need to select and seperate a lot.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any thoughts?
> >> >>
> >> >> There's an old-school method that we used before we had the Mirror modifier. Do
> >> >> a linked duplicate (Alt+D) and then scale the duplicated object along X by -1.
> >> >>
> >> >>   -Jason
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