# Symmetry problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [March 17, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982 "2021-03-17T02:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gabipanag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/gabipanag/32/2503_2.png) [@gabipanag](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/gabipanag)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/1 "2021-03-17T02:18:18Z")
Hi I had some problem with my model symmetry. I don’t know when I messed it up. I think undoing is impossible since i noticed it too late. Is there any way to fix this? Im quite new on 3d modeling so please forgive me. I would like to reflect or perhaps mirror the right side details. Your inputs would be greatly appreciated. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/2X/9/97e4b5663eb30062df5c569867c42a2b229661f2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Pawnzrtasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@Pawnzrtasty](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Pawnzrtasty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/2 "2021-03-17T03:38:18Z")
There are settings that allow you to see the line and a plane on your model. It’s in the symmetry tab. Once you can see the line where it’s split you can then click the local or global setting to see if that lines it back up. You may have moved the model off the global center so symmetry is altered. Doing local splits the model where ever the center is. You can also adjust the symmetry plane with the edit tool. Get it close mirror it then touch it up again. ---
**Author:** ![Pawnzrtasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@Pawnzrtasty](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Pawnzrtasty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/3 "2021-03-17T03:41:46Z")
When you know where the symmetry plane is you can mirror it easily in the mirror tab. You can choose the side you want mirrored as well. The symmetry tab looks like 2 triangles. The mirror settings are in there to ---
**Author:** ![gabipanag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/gabipanag/32/2503_2.png) [@gabipanag](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/gabipanag)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/4 "2021-03-17T04:06:37Z")
> [@Pawnzrtasty](#): > > so symmetry is altered. Doing local splits th Thanks! I mirrored the model but i don’t now how i seemed to have chosen the right side to mirror. Lol ---
**Author:** ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/5 "2021-03-17T04:25:47Z")
There’s an checkbox named “flip direction” just next to the mirror button. ---
**Author:** ![gabipanag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/gabipanag/32/2503_2.png) [@gabipanag](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/gabipanag)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/6 "2021-03-17T04:46:19Z")
So whichever side I’m currently viewing will be used as the base? ---
**Author:** ![Bezzo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/bezzo/32/18150_2.png) [@Bezzo](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Bezzo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/7 "2021-03-17T10:37:07Z")
Mirror it, if its wrong then flip it and mirror again. Pretty quick to do. I find that a lot in this app, test it out, if it’s not what you want then undo with the double finger tap and try again. ---
**Author:** ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/8 "2021-03-17T10:59:01Z")
> [@Bezzo](#): > > Mirror it, if its wrong then flip it and mirror again. Pretty much how it’s intended to be used. Maybe I should make 2 mirror buttons instead of a checkbox. ---
**Author:** ![Bezzo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/bezzo/32/18150_2.png) [@Bezzo](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Bezzo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/9 "2021-03-17T11:06:36Z")
Also a reason why I don’t particularly encourage people to spend money on tutorial videos for this app - it’s pretty much a process of test, undo, retest, undo…and so on until it looks the way you want it to look. Probably a similar process when developing the app (but coming from a more educated place). ---
**Author:** ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/10 "2021-03-17T16:18:31Z")
The 2 mirror buttons, it should be better and with less guessing. [nomad - WebAssembly](https://stephaneginier.com/archive/nomad_demo/) (Android or chrome desktop only) ---
**Author:** ![Costorella\_Stefano](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/costorella_stefano/32/1551_2.png) [@Costorella\_Stefano](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Costorella_Stefano)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/11 "2021-03-17T16:54:17Z")
I have just tested, it is more efficient with the mirror button that can be activated afterwards for me. ---
**Author:** ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/12 "2021-03-17T17:35:26Z")
Hmm I don’t get it, could you rephrase? ---
**Author:** ![Costorella\_Stefano](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/costorella_stefano/32/1551_2.png) [@Costorella\_Stefano](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Costorella_Stefano)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/13 "2021-03-17T17:46:37Z")
Je disais donc que c’était plus intuitif de cocher le bouton miroir après avoir créer la forme juste avant de valider plutôt que d’être activé par défaut. So I was saying that it was more intuitive to check the mirror button after creating the shape just before validating rather than being enabled by default. ---
**Author:** ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/14 "2021-03-17T18:04:25Z")
Hmm are we talking about the same thing? I was mentioning the mirror button in the Symmetry panel, for sculpted geometry (not the mirror shortcut on the left for primitives) ---
**Author:** ![PXgeek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/pxgeek/32/3039_2.png) [@PXgeek](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/PXgeek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/15 "2021-03-17T18:15:46Z")
> [@stephomi](#): > > Maybe I should make 2 mirror buttons instead of a checkbox. Alternatively, if you were to support flipping the mesh you can still have just two buttons without the checkbox with the added benefit of flipping 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Costorella\_Stefano](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/costorella_stefano/32/1551_2.png) [@Costorella\_Stefano](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Costorella_Stefano)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/16 "2021-03-17T18:25:47Z")
> [@stephomi](#): > > Hmm are we talking about the same thing? > > I was mentioning the mirror button in the Symmetry panel, for sculpted geometry (not the mirror shortcut on the left for primitives) ok we weren’t talking there same thing sorry ---
**Author:** ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/17 "2021-03-17T18:45:38Z")
I’m not sure I get it. I’ll just add the flipping button anyway. ---
**Author:** ![PXgeek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/pxgeek/32/3039_2.png) [@PXgeek](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/PXgeek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/symmetry-problem/1982/18 "2021-03-17T18:59:05Z")
I guess I meant that if mirroring is always negative to positive, you can always “flip” the mesh first and choose whichever side you want to mirror. It still only two buttons.