Copy topology

[maxcady]

Is thee a way to copy a topology without a mirror modifier? 

Like copy pasting a text, but it 3D. 

[Omar Domenech]

You can do normal copy paste in Blender. There’s also the Copy Attributes Menu that you can enable as an addon which is really handy. It replaces the Control + C with lots of helpful options.

[Martin Bergwerf]

If you don’t have a relevant Local Orientation for the part, make a Loopcut through the middle:

And use that as a Custom Orientation. Then you can SHIFT+D (copy) and S, X or Z, -1 (paste) remove original if needed and M > Merge > by Distance.(Watch out: creates inconsistent Normals! Run SHIFT+N!). Doesn’t work in all cases, but in most.

Special Case:

SHIFT+D, Y:

gives:

Now that’s what I call Blender magic….

[maxcady]

What is the addon for copy attribute? 

Magnet problem again. I don’t fully understand yet.

[Martin Bergwerf]

[maxcady]

How do you activate it?

[Omar Domenech]

You go to Edit -> Preferences and in the addon tab you look for Copy Attributes, and you enable it with the tick. Then in the viewport with control + C you call that menu with the handy features.

[maxcady]

that was CTRL + C I wanted to know. thx

[Martin Bergwerf]

@maxcady , 

A little tip, if you use the dropdown arrow of an Addon, you get some extra information, like where to find/’activate’ it:

[maxcady]

Ho yeah, I learned that trick accidentally in a Youtube video.

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