Member ekunzendorf Posted October 5, 2010 Member Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Hello All! This is probably REAL simple, but is there a way to duplicate a Retopo group or groups and the polys they contain? And THEN, is there a way to move those faces. Basically, one of my student has a four armed character and wants to be able to duplicate the arm and move it into position on the lower arm then use symmetry to copy the retopo mesh to the other side. Is this possible? Eric Kunzendorf Jacksonville University Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I just had an idea and tested this out. You can select the arm retopo that's finished, then got to Retopo > Export Selected (or just Export if it's on it's own layer). Now go to Retopo > Import and bring it right back in, it will come in with a Transform widget that will let you position it, when it's positioned just hit Enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor artman Posted October 6, 2010 Contributor Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hello All! This is probably REAL simple, but is there a way to duplicate a Retopo group or groups and the polys they contain? And THEN, is there a way to move those faces. Basically, one of my student has a four armed character and wants to be able to duplicate the arm and move it into position on the lower arm then use symmetry to copy the retopo mesh to the other side. Is this possible? Eric Kunzendorf Jacksonville University There is 2 buttons you need,they are at bottom of retopo group "tree". One one select all faces from a retopo layer the other move all selected faces to current retopo layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 That moves them, not duplicates them. Though it is handy to have that if you need to move the duplicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor artman Posted October 6, 2010 Contributor Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 That moves them, not duplicates them. Though it is handy to have that if you need to move the duplicate. Ooops! Its true it only moves them. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ekunzendorf Posted October 6, 2010 Author Member Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Phil, I thought that might be the case to export and reimport. Good deal, we'll do that. artman, keep up the good info, I knew about moving polys to the new group, but you certainly don't know the extent of MY ignorance, which is VAST! Excelsior! Eric Kunzendorf Jacksonville University users.ju.edu/ekunzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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