Mirror Lamps on x axis

Question

Does anyone know how to mirror lamps on the x axis, like a mirror modifier would for a mesh? I have tried Ctrl+M, and it did not work. Thanks.

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 12 '16 at 17:54

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You can do it manually with a duplicate lamp:

If the lamp is changing position more often, duplicate it and add an object constraint:

edited May 12 '16 at 17:54

Ray Mairlot

answered May 12 '16 at 16:48

piegames

For future reference, you can press CTRL + C to snap the cursor to the centre. – Luka ash May 12 '16 at 16:52
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Did you mean Shift + C? I didn't write that beacuse it also changes the camera position and I don't like that – piegames May 12 '16 at 16:55
Whoops, Shift + C is what i meant! Sorry. Anyway i suppose it does do that but if i do some digging i may find a version that snaps it to the centre without moving the camera. – Luka ash May 12 '16 at 16:59
Thanks. I am trying to do this with multiple lamps and am trying to copy their respective rotation, mirrored on the x axis. Is there a quick way to do this. The above suggestion did not mirror the rotation. – Jonathan Yanke May 12 '16 at 19:16
The constraintsecond do, but I'd rather not do constraints for each lamp. – Jonathan Yanke May 12 '16 at 19:20
@JonathanYanke you can copy constraints from one lamp to all others with Copy Constraints To Selected Objects operator – Mr Zak May 14 '16 at 18:27

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '16 at 17:14

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For x-axis mirror, invert lamp YZ-rotation signs, plus to minus and minus to plus.

answered May 14 '16 at 17:14

JuhaW

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