Creating Symmetrical Lattices

A Symmetrical Lattice (or SymLat) is a terrain object that has a mirror image of itself fused at its base. When you modify one half of the lattice, the corresponding changes are applied to the mirrored half.

The Symmetrical Lattice can be a great timesaving tool. Instead of creating symmetrical shapes by duplicating and aligning two halves, you just need to create one half of a lattice and your object is duplicated for you. Symmetrical Lattices are edited as Terrains, using the Terrain Editor.

Many advanced types of objects can be created using the Symmetrical Lattice object. Any object that is symmetrical can be created by painting its shape in the Terrain Editor.

The Ladybird in the image below was created using several Symmetrical Lattice objects for the legs, head, thorax, body, and antennae. The shell is a terrain.

To create a Symmetrical Lattice, click the Symmetrical Lattice tool in the Create palette:

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