question about copying and pasting with a transform

[The_One_Free_Man]

I have a complex brush group in the form of stairs and i would like to copy and paste them but also invery it. So to make it clear the stairs make an L shape and they are in one corner of the room instead of remaking the stairs is there a way to copy them and invert it so i can fit it in the exact oppisite corner? I hope i explained the clearly enough.

 

[UltraProAnti]

there is actually a flip function, but it's never worked for me. it's always greyed out

 

[Unarmed]

Hmmm.... im not exactly sure what you mean...

My first thought it just cloning the stairs and moving them to the new spot and rotating with ctrl + m. But since you are using an L shape in your example i think you might already have tried that...

What you could try is cloning the stairs and move the new stairs to where you want them. Then press ctrl + m and go to scale. Then set the X value t -1. This should invert it. If that dont work, undo and try the Y and Z values instead.. one at a time. this should invert it I guess... I havent tried it myself though, it might jut give you an illegal solid or something.

 

[The_One_Free_Man]

Ah ok, I see. Sort of like 3d modleing. I will try this thanks.

 

[Raeven0]

there is actually a flip function, but it's never worked for me. it's always greyed out

Yeah, it seems to be greyed out much more than necessary. I think it'll only work if you have one of the grid views in focus, have a valid object selected, and right-click on said object.

 

[Phisionary]

hmm, the flip fuction behaves a bit annoying, but has worked for me. click on the viewport selection thingy (the little auto-hiding menu in the top-left of each viewport) and then dismiss the menu by clickin up on the toolbar somewhere to get your viewport in focus. make sure you do it in the correct viewport, since doing a vertical flip in the top view vs. the side view are not the same thing...

 

[The_One_Free_Man]

ok thanks