symmetry issues

betolycan

Hi! I'm modeling a person's shirt which is symmetrical on the torso area but has different arm lengths...I would like to keep symmetry while modeling the breast area but zbrush always offsets my symmetry point.

I've tried:
1. Local symmetry
2. importing after aligning vertex with center in maya
3. Smart resym in zbrush

All to no avail....is it possible to achieve this symmetry? if not...how can I go around it?

huffer

Is the model center axis aligned to 0,0,0 in Maya, also is the pivot in 0,0,0?

betolycan

Yes, I double checked it...but still not working

Butthair

In Maya, did you:

Delete history?
Freeze transform?
Run opimize mesh? (you wouldn't guess that this could fix these issues)

On Export, did you:

Save as .obj? Or is it .mb (or .ma or w/e)?
Save as a new file? (sometimes zBrush - or something else - caches the file, so changes don't actually update


If none of these work, then:

Could you split the mesh so the torso and sleeves are separate meshes/subtools?
Could you handle making it symmetrical in zbrush? (cut it apart, delete one half then use symmetry action, then cut the sleeve to match the original)

That's all I got without having the actual model. If you still have issues, I can take a look at it.

Neox

start with a symmetrical mesh that is in 0, then append your asymmetric one, the center line should be from your parent tool

betolycan

Well I couldn't fix it after all, but I could go around it following Butthair's advice.
Thank you all for the answers