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    Totally can't get the Torus part to work

    Joe Schulte(Merijeek)
    posted to: Lesson 1: Array Modifier

    What I've done is...

    Created plain axis at origin of geometry. 

    Created an 18-segment Torus, and then deleted everything but one of the segments (so I've got a 20 degree torus). 

    Follow the Array settings for fixed count 2, object offset, object empty, and I've suddenly got another object appearing. And nowhere near where it should be: 


    What fundamental piece am I looking at? 

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    • Omar Domenech replied

      Looks like all you need to do is apply the empty's scale. It takes that into account. Try it and see hat happens.

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    • Paul Caggegi replied

      Yes, Empties are STILL tricky. You need to apply all transforms. You can check its location, rotation scale in the right-hand side panel.

      If the Location is not 0, and scale is not 1, select the Empty, Go to Object>>Apply>>All Transforms

      This should correct the issue.

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      Joe Schulte(Merijeek) replied

      That did it. Thanks, everyone. It didn't occur to me that I had to apply transforms to an empty. Which, considering we're rotating and scaling it, obviously that would matter.

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    • Martin Bergwerf replied

      Hi Joe MMerijeek,

      This comes with a warning; this is especially true when working with Meshes:

      Please do not get into the habit to Apply All Transforms ('ever'). Only Apply the Scale ('always').

      You might sometimes want to 'reset' the Rotation and/or Location with ALT+R and ALT+G, but Applying the Rotation should be avoided (if possible) and Applying the Location is almost never what you want. Applying a Transform is done to the Origin (Coordinate System) of an Object, leaving the Mesh as it is (visually), while Clearing a Transform sets the whole Mesh (with its Origin) back.

      Now, an Empty is just an Origin, so Clearing and Applying a Transform does exactly the same thing (i.e. has the same result).

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