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Bear in mind, I am quite new to blender.

I've run into a problem. I'm trying to model a head and I'm creating the vertices and faces, but when I move some vertices another one snaps to a completely unrelated position. Here are some images highlighting the problem:

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All I did in there was move the selected point a little bit back along the y axis.

Do any of you know why this is happening and how to fix it? I really need help on this.

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  • $\begingroup$ Transformation orientation, modifiers or snapping could be the problem here or something else, a bit difficult to say going on images alone. Can you share the blend file at the time of posting this. $\endgroup$
    – iKlsR
    Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 19:51
  • $\begingroup$ Do you have any modifiers on? Shrinkwrap or Mirror could cause it. $\endgroup$
    – CharlesL
    Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 19:53
  • $\begingroup$ iKlsR: I'm not entirely sure where to upload that, does this site have a dedicated file sharing system? Or maybe a preferred third party? CharlesL: Nope, no modifiers. I thought it was mirror doing it, but when I removed it there was no change. $\endgroup$
    – CustardCrusader
    Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 19:58
  • $\begingroup$ @CustardCrusader just use a file sharing service. Dropbox etc. Also, do you by any chance have snapping enabled? Look in the bottom header for a little magnet icon. Is it red? $\endgroup$
    – iKlsR
    Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 20:00
  • $\begingroup$ iKlsR: No, snapping's off, tried that too. Here's the file: dropbox.com/s/haxj89bht5f0rkp/… $\endgroup$
    – CustardCrusader
    Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 20:04

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You have X Mirror enabled. Open the toolself with T and untick it, it's under Mesh Options. What this does is that it will try to mimic whatever you are doing on one side of your mesh on the other.

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From the wiki.

The X-mirror option of the Mesh Options panel allows you edit both “sides” of your mesh in a single action. When you transform an element (vertex, edge or face), if there is its exact X-mirrored counterpart (in local space), it will be transformed accordingly, through a symmetry along the local X axis.

This didn't affect the mouth area of your model as only half of it was modeled while you had a complete eye ring.

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    $\begingroup$ Seems like such an insubstantial thing... Thank you so much, this place seems to have a great community. $\endgroup$
    – CustardCrusader
    Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 20:15

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