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Mirrors the object in the specified direction with/out merging with the original

Node nameParentsClassificationMFn typeCompatible function sets
polyMirrorpolyModifierWorldgeometrykPolyMirrorkBase
kNamedObject
kDependencyNode
kMidModifier
kPolyMirror

Related nodes

polyBevel, polyQuad, polySoftEdge, polySubdEdge, polyMoveVertex, polyMoveEdge, polyExtrudeEdge, polyMoveFace, polyExtrudeFace, polySewEdge, polyMergeVert

Attributes (33)

axis, axisDirection, compId, cutMesh, direction, firstNewFace, flipUVs, keepVertexIDs, lastNewFace, maya2017, mergeMode, mergeThreshold, mergeThresholdType, mirrorAxis, mirrorPlaneCenter, mirrorPlaneCenterX, mirrorPlaneCenterY, mirrorPlaneCenterZ, mirrorPlaneRotate, mirrorPlaneRotateX, mirrorPlaneRotateY, mirrorPlaneRotateZ, mirrorPosition, pivot, pivotX, pivotY, pivotZ, scalePivot, scalePivotX, scalePivotY, scalePivotZ, smoothingAngle, userSpecifiedPivot

Long name (short name)TypeDefaultFlags
axis (a) enum0outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Axis to mirror the object along
axisDirection (ad) enum1outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Direction to mirror the object along
mirrorPlaneCenter (pc) double30.0, 0.0, 0.0outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The position of the cutting plane.
mirrorPlaneCenterX (pcx) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Cutting plane center X coord.
mirrorPlaneCenterY (pcy) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Cutting plane center Y coord.
mirrorPlaneCenterZ (pcz) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Cutting plane center Z coord.
compId (cid) integer0outputconnectablehidden
Which element to place the manip on (for interaction purposes only).
cutMesh (cm) boolfalseoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Should the mesh be cut before mirror
direction (d) enum0outputinputconnectablestorable
Direction to mirror the object along
firstNewFace (fnf) integer0outputinputconnectablestorable
The face id where the duplicated mesh part begins
flipUVs (fuv) enum0outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
How the UVs will be mirrored
keepVertexIDs (kv) booltrueoutputinputconnectablestorable
Internal use only.
lastNewFace (lnf) integer0outputinputconnectablestorable
The face id where the duplicated mesh part ends
maya2017 (m17) boolfalseoutputinputstorablehidden
Enable Maya 2017 behaviour. This attribute is not meant to be modified through command line.
mergeMode (mm) enum0outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Determine what should happen where the original mesh meets the mirrored one. Values are: 1-merge the vertices that are closer than a certain threshold 2-bridge vertices 3-do nothing
mergeThreshold (mt) distance (double)0.001cmoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Tolerance to determine whether vertices should be merged.
mergeThresholdType (mtt) enum0outputinputconnectablestorable
Changes between Automatic threshold value calculation and user-defined value.
mirrorAxis (ma) enum2outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Mirror axis type selection
mirrorPosition (mps) distance (float)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
Custom mirror axis position
pivot (p) double30.0, 0.0, 0.0outputinputconnectablestorable
Pivot point of the mirror plane.
pivotX (px) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
Translation X coord.
pivotY (py) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
Translation Y coord.
pivotZ (pz) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
Translation Z coord.
mirrorPlaneRotate (ro) double30.0, 0.0, 0.0outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
The orientation of the cutting plane.
mirrorPlaneRotateX (rx) angle (double)0.0degoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
cutting plane X rotate angle.
mirrorPlaneRotateY (ry) angle (double)0.0degoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
cutting plane Y rotate angle.
mirrorPlaneRotateZ (rz) angle (double)0.0degoutputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
cutting plane Z rotate angle.
scalePivot (sp) double30.0, 0.0, 0.0outputinputconnectablestorablehidden
The scale pivot point of the actual transform. We mirror around it in Object mode.
scalePivotX (spx) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
Scale pivot X.
scalePivotY (spy) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
Scale pivot Y.
scalePivotZ (spz) distance (double)0.0cmoutputinputconnectablestorable
Scale pivot Z.
smoothingAngle (sa) float30.0outputinputconnectablestorablekeyable
Edges in merged areas having an angle below this will be soft
userSpecifiedPivot (pu) boolfalseoutputinputconnectablestorable
Pivot is specified by user or not.