10 shows the result.
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Figure 9.10 The top-bottom symmetry of the iPod shape, and the fact that the model is centered
at the origin, makes mirroring across the Y-axis a perfect modeling technique.
24. Close the Numeric panel and press the spacebar to turn off the Mirror tool. Or
just click the Mirror tool to turn it off.
25. Make sure you??™re still in Points selection
mode and, starting in the top-left corner
and working your way clockwise around
the outline of the reference image,
Shift-click each point in the model, in
order. It??™s very important to select the
points sequentially; you??™re going to play
???connect-the-dots??? to create a polygon, and
polygon segments will be drawn between
each selected point in succession.
If you accidentally select a point out of
sequence, release the mouse button and Shift
key, and then click the point again to deselect
it.Now you can go back to Shift-clicking the
points in order. Figure 9.11 shows the model
with all points selected.
Figure 9.11 Select all of the points,
in order.
26. With all of the points selected, press p.
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