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reference copies in maya

3ds max offers next to copy and instance an additional possibility to duplicate objects: reference. i was looking in maya if there’s something comparable, here’s how i could reproduce quite similar instanced object behavior: create an object, call duplicate …

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mirroring in maya

mirroring in maya is a bit tricky since you don’t have a special tool or command for this case, you use the duplicate special tool instead: create a box at the origin, move the box -2 units along the …

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