it will most likely depend on what you are doing, but it wouldnt hurt to get comfortable with max either usually it should not be a problem to do any modelling in blender and import your models to max afterwards, and take it from there if need be but you are lowering your chances on landing a job with only beeing able to…
Still not exactly clear on your intention, but I'm thinking you want the same outcome as using Max's Mirror tool set to 'Geometry'? Max's Mirror used to invert scale and flip normals before they added that extra geometry feature. I don't think Blender can do this without workarounds like you've tried.
@guitarguy00 Cheers mate. I know the feeling. :D Yes, I felt it was important to keep referring to Max in the vids because the tools may be similar bit the concepts are very different. Hope that these vids help reduce the amount of cursing and swearing that I experienced getting to grips with Blender after what seems a…