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Mesh is off-centre but set-pivot doesn't appear to fix it.

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#1

Hey,

I’ve recently decided to try some hard surface sculpting but things have gone a bit awry :(.

I was modelling my Landraider when I realised that the whole thing (44 subtools) isn’t in the right place.

As you can see… it’s all off to one side. if I click set-pivot on any of the subtools then it takes them nearer the centre but not exactly to the centre (not even if i press it twice) so modelling with symmetry is now impossible. (unless I use the unify on the mesh but then that resizes the subtool.

Is there a way to fix this without having to resize the subtools? i really need to be able to move the whole thing over to the left.
I’ve read that transpose master could be my friend here. Is that the only way?
The reason I ask is that there seems to be another problem to do with either the pivot’s or scale of the objects in that they appear tiny in the preview window. So if I click ‘shadow box’ on a subtool, the shadow box appears enormous. I need a sort of 'freeze transformations" button i guess. or a unify that doesn’t actually resize the subtool… just resets it’s bounds in the preview.

any help would be greatly appreciated. (soz for the poor quality jpeg, but i think it at least illustrates the problem)

cheers

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#2

Select the main body, go to your lowest subdivision level and turn on PolyFrame (Shift+F) so you can see where the center is. Then, in Deformation submenu, use Offset on X axis and line that part up so it is centered again with the green line, then at the bottom of Deformation submenu, click ‘Repeat To Other’.

#3

Hey,

I was going to try what you suggested but I can’t find the ‘repeat to other’ button. Is this a new function? I’m currently using Zbrush4. It’s definitely not at the bottom of the Deformation Sub menu :frowning:

cheers

#4

Hey,

Well, I checked and it appears that ‘repeat to other’ is in fact a new function added in 4.2
Oh well, thanks for the reply and the suggestion. I’ll use the offset technique but I guess I’ll have to manually input the numbers for all the sub-tools. no big deal :slight_smile:

cheers