Blender 2.8 Tutorial: Symmetrize Bones / Mirror Bones

I show two options for mirroring bones, one being the old skool method of duplicating and mirror the other using symmetrize tool.
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[@piff2297]

Only tutorial I have found when rigging that pointed out you need to rename your bones (left and right) when mirroring....THANK YOU

[@StevenScott_studio53]

Glad it helped!

[@trevorthieme5157]

@@StevenScott_studio53 Thanks a ton! 4 years later and I was looking for a way to auto rename them left/right or an equivalent since the only thing I could find is batch rename!

[@alexli4835]

What is he saying where the caption says "a name tomorrow and then we can manner..."?

[@rootytuners]

@Alex Li - 0:54 - “Control and M to mirror...and then we can mirror on the x-axis...”

[@sugy747]

@@rootytuners thanks !

[@C4rnee]

I thought he was speaking japanese

[@m_tth_w9647]

@@C4rnee 😐

[@OutworldStudios]

You're a life saver pal. Only video that explains autonaming bones as the reason why you can't symmetrize. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[@SoggyPieceOfToast]

I love how quick and simple you make it. You showed me exactly the thing I was wondering about in the quickest amount of time. And don't beat yourself down, you do word speak good

[@ace-o-spuds4255]

These are some of the best blender tips I've ever seen

[@huey6143]

This feature has existed for years yet I never noticed its existence until now
Thank you so much!!

[@mdstudio7251]

Thank you for the tip, I have been struggling with symmetrising the bone for a 3 hours, thinking I was doing something wrong, but it was just naming the bone the right way.

[@gold_twisted]

You've made my workflow atleast 5 minutes faster. Thank you

[@ftlchief4340]

Thank you for this tutorial dude! You're a life saver

[@Animadvertens]

Concise and straight to the point!

[@user-uh4ts7xz5d]

Amazing, I spent half a day to fix it but now finally I found how to fix it, thank you so much, brother.

[@flaviopitica]

thank you sir, i was banging my head off wondering why symmetrize wouldnt work

[@3dski895]

this actually worked, thanks!

[@Killicon93]

Wonderfully concise and with a captivating accent to boot.

[@shibesilly]

i thought i was missing smth tysm for the tutorial!

[@OhmiKuma]

Note: If your character is facing positive Y like it seems to be in this scene, the auto-naming is actually backwards as the character's left would be on the right side of the screen.

[@jamestorres37]

Great video mate.

[@bjk1234xoxo]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I couldn't figure out why my bones for my horses front legs wouldn't symmetrize but ever other bone would?! Now I realized I had forgotten to add the R for right and L for left in the naming of the bones (: You saved this girl pointless hours of frustration! Subscribed

[@StevenScott_studio53]

Glad I could help!

[@SVAFnemesis]

it EXPLAINS everything! I never understand why this thing does ABOSLUTELY NOTHING until your video.

[@worldofkingtrap1328]

Nice video! Super helpul. Thank you bro!

[@dantatg]

'pivotal role' Nice! I won't be forgetting that rule :)

[@Kimera_Alternate_Realities]

That was useful, thank you.

[@AnatomyLab]

AWESOME THANK YOU!

[@vazak11]

Awesome, thanks!

[@ProcioneSx]

Thank you very much, just what I needed!

[@grandemations]

This solved my problem. Thanks!

[@HasteCakes]

Good tutorial!

[@mauricioribeiro3547]

short and accurate! thanks!

[@indiasnextgen]

Thanks for tell me symmetrize shortcut method 👍

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

By the way, if bones with matching names already exist, it will align them rather than create new ones. E.g. if you have bones called “bone.l” and “bone.r”, select them both and Symmetrize, it will align the one selected second-last to the one selected last (the active bone).

[@akamaemeru5834]

thankyou man you save the time so much!!

[@pleasecheckmyphotos5540]

I so much love blender community ❤️

[@johnx140]

Thank you bro, youre amazing :D

[@amritanandpathak1112]

HEY WHEN I PRESS SYMMETRY, THE NOW BONES BECOMES SMALLER AND LITTLE ROTATED . WHY IS THAT HAPPNING.
I LOVE YOUR ACCENT.

[@YuriKruglov]

Nice! But how to symmetrize bone with animation so it to be symmetrized too?

[@cashmoneybling9699]

You would not believe now unintuitive the bug of not symmetrizing everything ALL because of the name thing was driving me nuts! Thank you!!!

[@SGTFLEXXX]

Not really sure if it's a bug or issue on my end, but if you use "Symmetrize", it doesn't symmetrize the bone roll, which I think it should, right?

[@mixagames5425]

thanks, simple and informative :)

[@AyushmaansinghxX]

Thank you so much buddy ♥

[@inzoddex8312]

U are awesome! thank u man!

[@YoUnfortunate_Event]

Thank you so much this helps a lot

[@unibrowmexican9001]

Thanks! very helpful.

[@artchap2861]

your saving lives- names with ther name section to set it all up fast then the sym
saved me

[@tryan0]

Oh my god, I didn't know about the names. Thank you.

[@swansurt1350]

Great tutorial! Thanks!

[@StevenScott_studio53]

Glad it was helpful!

[@damianrix7861]

Thank you!

[@rebeccamatherz]

Thank you

[@northstar2002]

how do i mirror the armature?? i cant understand at :58

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Is there a way to symmetrize the weight painting?

[@BanditOfBandwidth]

it worked!

[@katrinsaarik3756]

thank you!

[@piccolamucchina6505]

thank you steven thank you

[@GeorgeMosesBrowne]

You just save me from from frustration God bless. Subscribed.

[@StevenScott_studio53]

Thanks for the sub!

[@kirknspock2733]

Thank you so much! I was missing the origin point.

[@varosan]

thank you!!! life saver!!!

[@veerulxs6415]

Thanx man 🥳

[@a.a.ngrkrisnaputradinattai1268]

thanks, you're live savior

[@mohamadmoafak5830]

thank you very much

[@naimulsamad738]

Thank you so much boss

[@anastasiashopine7808]

thank you so much!

[@secretgaminggg]

thanks FOR HELPING

[@NNsD]

ty so much

[@yodayesil9999]

Thank you.

[@Caleb72301]

Thx for the help

[@binbinzyy1862]

Thank you so much! Now I know why symmetrize wasn't working

[@ern_moldabek]

Thank you! Super tut! I made it, my robo was rigged by this video

[@TheMrJackzilla]

thanks man

[@MrAshraqTutorials]

THANKSS!

[@natashabila8903]

I love you thanks for this vid

[@dcgreatman]

Thanks a lot

[@rasmusleddyr]

THANK YOU!
Other tutorials just tell me to press the Symmetrize button without explaining the steps to make it work!

[@printer3344]

tried do understand after duplicating, and could not understand the hot key you used. closed caption says "control a name tomrorrow" :,(

[@JaKlaro]

thank you :D

[@enkiimuto1041]

thank you! i was following a tutorial and i tried the name convention manually and it just didn't work right, this time it all wet smoothly

[@smartypants6214]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@peyarstudio]

Thanks bro

[@nathanb3d]

thank you

[@zomopet]

Thanks ~~ !! nice Tutorial ~ !

[@StevenScott_studio53]

You are welcome!

[@blackswan6386]

Sir, i rigged a Bird - i dont cared Left right so i layed down bones manually right and left, ( camera symetrized ^^) but now i need to have mirror in pose mode, but it dosent work - i used symetrize and now i have double some bones, and now its everything mixed up wired - how to fix X mirror with existing armatuer ? names i allready changed myself wehn laid down the bones. any tip ? p.s.: when idelet one side to make symetrize its also deleting some bones from ohter side...i could not find any connection. the wings are all correct connected to the bone once before. help _ thanks

[@bestmemes641]

So on my model i cant simetrize arm and if i try to simetryze leg then it will only do a copy of it and it wont go to the right position

[@-goodwin]

Amazing guide, thank you >w<
Just to be clear:
- Go edit mode
- Select the bones you need
- Duplicate with Shift + D
- Press "M" to enable mirror
- Press "X" / "Y" / "Z" to pick axe

[@technicaldepartment8497]

thanks a lot!!!!!!

[@henneykim1106]

감사합니다 :)
Thank you

[@yangtinh4314]

Thank 👍

[@bastianrekiem2925]

gracias

[@ihzashafana6798]

thanks👍👍👍👍

[@xiantgaming6361]

Very helpful for me iam in trouble finally I found solution

[@veryedit]

thanks

[@BlueSpawn]

What if you want the symmetry to go across the Y or Z axis instead of X?

[@mattdanerd]

I believe there is an option in the armature on the right somewhere to control where you want to the symmetry to be.

[@aditya.k7543]

name it bottom/top or front/back instead of left/right

[@bestmomentchannel]

oh. you help me. Thank you very much

[@StevenScott_studio53]

Happy to help

[@Sogi020]

"The Origin Point plays a "pivotal" roll." I see what you did there.

[@drooltoons]

It doesn't work on my character. Every time I use this option, the selected rig will symmetrize to the back of the character. Not the left side. is there a solution to this?

[@asimali3898]

thx

[@jeffjackson7394]

i fucking love you this saved me from screaming my lungs out
xoxo

[@Nickynoxe]

Thanks man this helped a lot. the accent a bit heavy tho haha

[@ystrength9904]

You didn't mention that if you want to make changes to Rotations, it needs to be done in edit mode first > roll 30*: select head, r , y for example. Maybe that needs another vid.

[@krish3d385]

I subscribed, please make a vedio about rigging and animating a sculpted model. My laptop lags very much. Help us.

[@friendlyreptilian3767]

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks

[@zundergiles5099]

Allright. For those who try to do the same but with the Z axis :
0) First of all create a central bone, name it "Root" (Edit mode)
1) Shift + S / Cursor to selected
2) Transform pivot point 3D cursor
3) activate 'Snap' tool and choose 'Increment' 'Absolute grid' (dunno why the renaming doesnt work if this part isn't done)
4) extrude your bones along your mesh
5) Select everything
6) Autoname Top/Bottom
7) Symmetrize
8) Armature / mirror / Z-global
9) Autoname Left/Right (dont worry)
10) Select now your newer bones 'Right'
11) Edit / Batch Rename
12) check if the number of bones matches
13) Type 'R' in "Find" field
14) Type 'Bottom' in "Replace" field
15 Done !

[@B9poy]

good tutorial aside, i fucking love your accent