Mirroring CAT Muscles

Mirroring an existing CAT Muscle example

Sometimes, when you mirror CAT Muscles the pivots rotate incorrectly. If this occurs, use the procedure below as a work-around:

To copy/paste CAT Muscle properties between left and right muscles

In this procedure, both CAT muscles, Source and Target, need to have the same number of U and V Segments (Segs). Otherwise the copying will fail.



Muscle U and V Segs

1. Once you have the muscle that you are going to mirror (the Source muscle), create a second muscle with same number of U and V segments to be the Target muscle.
   Important: Do not clone the Target muscle.
2. Select a panel on the Source Muscle. In the animation above, the LMR (Left/Middle/Right) Muscle properties are set to L (Left).
   Note: Make edits to the Muscle settings in the Modify panel.
3. Click the Copy Muscle Settings button.
4. Next, select a panel on the Target muscle and set LMR (Left/Middle/Right) Muscle properties to the side you want to mirror. In the animation above, the LMR (Left/Middle/Right) Muscle properties for the Target panel are set to R (Right).
5. Click the Paste Muscle Settings button. The properties of the Source muscle are mirrored onto the Target muscle.