Apply scale

posted to: Detailing Screws
After I apply scale to one of my screws the other screws that are linked to it no longer update their mesh they stop copying the original mesh data so only the screw I scaled changes while the rest remain the same.
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  • Grady Pruitt(gradyp) replied

    Each individual screw, if it is its own object, will have its own scale if you just scale them in object mode, but any changes you make in edit mode (including scale) will be automatically copied to any instanced version.

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  • Grady Pruitt(gradyp) replied

    If you did change something in edit mode and it didn't change the other screws, then you have a copy of the object, and not an instanced copy. Instanced copies will have their own "object" level data, but will share mesh data with any other instances.

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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    Yes, like Grady says.

    Each Object has its own Coordinate System and so each can have its own Location, Rotation and Scale, but when they are Linked, they all use the same Data (like the Positions of the Vertices):

    Data.png

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  • Omar Domenech replied
    The analogy of the briefcase. You have two briefcases and they both have the same items inside. Those items are exactly the same but the briefcases are their own object (being in object mode). So you can move each briefcase individually, rotate each briefcase, scale them, and their items inside will stay the same. But once you open a briefcase (entering edit mode) and change their stuff inside, the changes will propagate to both briefcases items, since their are the same items they have inside. 
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  • muqaddas mumtaz(muqaddas ) replied

    before applying scale

    2.after making them sinlge user and appling scale rest of the screws arent changing in edit mood but ib tutorial they are !

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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    You made them Single User, so they are no longer Linked!

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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    In Object Mode, Select all those screws, make sure one of them is Active and then CTRL+L > Link Object Data.

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  • muqaddas mumtaz(muqaddas ) replied

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤️

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  • Grady Pruitt(gradyp) replied

    And see.. this is why we're always suggesting to include images that show the problem :D Sometimes, It's just a simple thing like that where we might be missing a piece of information but illustrated out and explained with the pictures, we were instantly able to clue in to what was going on :D

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  • muqaddas mumtaz(muqaddas ) replied

    Sure, much needed. Thank you so much!

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