Fixing Problems with Duplicate Special and Mirroring in Maya

[@diegomarcusarada4573]

It's been 7 years yet this video is still helping many beginner like me. Thank you!

[@emmalorraine8985]

Genuinely the most helpful tutorial ever. I had an issue with an ugly seam and I looked everywhere and finally found this video and it solved my problem immediately. Love how relaxed the tutorials are and how you explain every step rather than just assuming that people know what you are doing. It's so helpful when you give explain how to use the keyboard shortcuts and which menus to go to, rather than just saying something like "now snap to grid".

[@faizcurious7407]

Hi,…you said all correct Emma This tutorial is awesome Hope we are lucky to get mr.h as a instructor 🫣😍☺️ Byeeeeee

[@faizcurious7407]

We’re on the same boat Emma🥹🫣🤗☺️😍☕️

[@SuperNova-nl5eb]

oh my fucking god, thank you SO MUCH, I've spent hours trying to find a way to merge it but couldn't, I can't believe even my professors couldn't help me with that, and told me to combine everything 1 by one

[@islandvaun9795]

Thanks a lot bro 6 years later but still just as helpful🙏🏾

[@Dan_Wintermoon]

This cleared up so much (and SO easily) that I couldn't get answers to in other videos. Its amazing how its always the simple things that cause problems. Excellent video, big help!

[@flaminashes4693]

I love it when videos get straight to the point. Thank you good sir

[@blg-3lazy47]

YOU ARE A GENIUS. thank you! I was struggling a lot with this for hours!!!

[@saaaaa6691]

Your tutoroal is very useful. You gave very clear explaination and easy to understand for beginer like me. thank you

[@666amir13]

Dude thank you so much, this was so much more helpful than my lecture's 1-hour tutorial :) keep up the good work, definitely subscribing!

[@farahime5014]

thank youuuuu soooo sooo much i wanna cry im so glad i found this vid it helps me solve the problem that i've been trying to solve for daysss 😭. finally i can finish off my assignment peacefully 🥰

[@Gathxd]

Great video!! Learned more from your vid than I would from 10 other seperate ones.

[@mr.h]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@MsKall]

DUDE- this was literally what I needed right now!! thank you so much

[@smitkoradia3155]

thanks a lot dude . you don't know what you do for me

[@DEARAbhix0x0]

Thnx man this was very helpful

[@brandong.829]

Thanks! definitely saving this video

[@Lothnar5070]

scale -x mirrors it in Y for me, directly underneath the duplicated object instead of it's opposite side...any ideas?

[@ruchismitajena6893]

Thank you so much ! Definitely helpful video❤

[@legend_killer6982]

Thank you very i panicking because of this i spent 4 hours sculpting then this problem appear thank you very much

[@samuelsloan8729]

Holy crap I have been looking for this for ever thank you so much.

[@ElenGlazova]

Thanks a lot! Finally found a solution to align vertices!

[@madisongeronimo6859]

when i merge the verticles in the middle, it does not merge at all! it's been aligned to the line and it's no gaps at all. i had no choice but to combine both mirrored objects and had to used symmetry to just edit the mesh.

[@FarhanKhan18]

My duplicate special created the object on top of the model, Is there any solution ?

[@parthsharma7091]

You got me as your new fan.

[@RustyShacklefardd]

Awesome stuff Mr.H!

[@samimo2319]

Thank you for the Tutorial Mr. H!!!!

[@mr.h]

You're welcome!

[@josephkeller2521]

Hey, I have a problem that whenever I duplicate special one side,(all the setting are set up like yours) my faces are flipped on the duplicate and whenever I reverse normals, it flips the original and I can't keep them both the same. Any fix for this?

[@mr.h]

Are you flipping the normals before or after merging the two objects?

[@justinwaters4137]

Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the exact same problem and everyone thinks I'm crazy.

[@atlanteum]

I run into that when using an older version of Maya, 2015 in particular. It's actually so dumb-easy to fix, you'll cry: set X AND Z values to -1 when you Duplicate Special. Almost all of the tutorials out there say to set only X to -1, but if I don't do the same to Z, the model ends up with flipped normals, exactly as you described. Really hope that helps, assuming you haven't sorted it out already!

[@atlanteum]

Hold on... I only got part of that fix right!. A value of -1 in the Z fixes the problem with the flipped normals, but it also creates a problem with symmetry as you continue to model. So, I came up with another... um, workaround, let's say. It's too ridiculous to be called a proper solution, but it DOES WORK! Okay, here goes: In the Duplicate Special Options Box, set both X and Z to values of -1. Set the Y rotation to -0. That's Negative Zero. [After you hit enter, it will probably show up as just 0, rather than -0. Don't worry, it should still work.] Duplicate Special as an Instance. Boom! Normals pointing in the right direction and Symmetry preserved [ in Maya 2015, at least, which is all I have access to at the moment!] I've tested it repeatedly, and run into no further problems. Hope that helps!

[@KS-yg7tl]

OMG.... Thank GOD for this post guys.. I figured out the -1 but the -0 fix blew my mind (AND WORKED) so thank you bigtime!

[@otkorensyu6338]

3:25 ~ 4:05 知りたかった説明 :) thx!!

[@yatsunarurasuke3111]

Saved my life

[@jerodvel]

Nice thank you for your time and video.

[@VladCool2001]

Straight to the point!

[@cobinhood]

Hi! Do you have some utorial about mirror Geometry? I have a problems with the symmetry funtcion !

[@ioannat2664]

very nice and helpful! thank you!

[@MyChemicalLove011]

When I DS symmetry keeps coming on?? I centered my object and then i duplicated but there is a gap. So i wanted to fix the other half, but every time i click on the duplicated half to try and center it, it clicks on the vertex of the original object, as if i had symmetry on, but it's turned off. How do i fix this???

[@mr.h]

You probably have duplicate special set to "instance" instead of "copy."

[@funpathik]

Thanks a lot sir ,Very helpful video.

[@LunaJMS]

THANK you for this! It really helped me out

[@pranabsen7481]

thank u so much...finally i fixed it

[@thecasparian]

But what happens to uvs for textured characters?

[@arkano01]

Thank you Sir. Very helpful.

[@jujukuan6415]

you saved my life

[@vickyvey1657]

Then the mirrored part will have inverted normals...Maya is so cumbersome for easy and primitive tasks such as this....sooo many clicks and workarounds to achieve a simple result. In 3dsMax is far simpler and quicker using symmetry modifier..

[@MrShadow1007]

Is there an alternative way to open the duplicate special menu? When I attempt the menu command in Maya 2018, Educational version, the original object I have is only static copied, meaning editing the right-hand side will not edit the left-hand side.

[@MrShadow1007]

I answered my own question. In the "edit" menu drop down, I had to click on the squire icon for the duplicate special for additional options, the window with the instance choice option. Thank you for your tutorial Mr. H.

[@nguyentranminhthoi8962]

Thank you very much!

[@Harindu101]

Thank you very much ❤

[@Smarglenargle]

Before, for some reason no matter what setting I choose, the results were weird, I couldn't get it 1:1 the copy would keep vanishing when I offset it too much, i guess when it leaves the bounding box. Any results that I can actually see are super squished and if i go .1 past it, it'll vanish and become useless. Turns out my problem was because my mesh wasn't exactly on the world center line. Even though it was set on object instead of world, make sure to align your model to the EXACT center of the world to do a mirror.

[@DjonieCash]

thank you, bro.

[@howl13]

do u have a tutorial on how to clean up the outliner?? :)

[@mr.h]

+howl13 No, I don't but thats a great idea! I will make one!

[@eymme5571]

How can return it back to a whole combined object again rather than duplicate special?

[@zoelamp4840]

why mine turns black when I duplicate special?

[@anupamakeshri5572]

Thank you so much

[@diegomisina]

Thanks Bro!

[@yahyaibrahim1883]

oh thanks now its work. my character is my account photo profile :)

[@kaizen_X_Gaming]

Thanks sir very very thankyou

[@keithtam8859]

it seems that if you use mirror, the symmetry fails to work unless "world" mode is used...strange

[@arunrajarun4217]

Thanks sir🙏❤️

[@faizcurious7407]

Hi,… Mr.H How you doing man💐😊😍 Really help me a lot this tutorial 😍🙏🏼 Come back Mr. H Want to learn from you zbrush and other software cuz you are the best instructor See you on your next video Thank you soo much 😍😊🥹🙏🏼👍🏻

[@FahadKhan-cz6cd]

thanks a lotttt

[@krisztoferbodor1451]

pretty helpful!

[@adityasatwal6141]

Thanks mate 👍

[@sridharm1372]

thank you bro

[@andhshs9082]

nice....tutorial

[@yahyaibrahim1883]

thanks. finally

[@renevank]

thanks!!

[@Murphy5-5]

i can't really snap the pivet point to the edge, how come?

[@nikunjmajithia701]

hey man i suggest asking a tutor for quick help go to maya autodesk help in facebook

[@harrykriznan5419]

👍👍👍👌🏼

[@XenoStep]

good video

[@erinyadel3556]

Thank u

[@malzarkova]

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank youuuuuuuuuu

[@GalinetteStudio]

Great

[@mr.h]

Thanks!

[@gigameshandromeda5236]

Where flash tutorials?

[@mr.h]

+Gigamesh Green My channel covers a variety of topics :)

[@gigameshandromeda5236]

+Mr. H ok.

[@rvsesi7262]

but after combining the vertices do no mimik on the other side

[@yahyaibrahim1883]

but it keep separate. when i rig my character

[@sadichchhaparulekar691]

*AWESOME VIDEO ...THANK YOU SO MUCH XD BTW WAS THAT 2nd MODEL WAS A PEDO BEAR (o___o) ???*

[@paulkengp]

School out

[@washingtonirving9951]

Second

[@xindy3321]

🙏🙏

[@Hakuru15]

thanks a lot man much appreciated