Reference a vector multiple times?

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dkwroot
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Reference a vector multiple times?

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In Adobe Flash, an animator can create something like an arm and then turn that arm into a symbol. The symbol can then be flipped and used to make the other arm for a character, saving on file size as well as making it easy to adjust the arm since you just have to alter the symbol and both arms get affected.
Anyway, I was wondering if Anime Studio has a way to reference a vector/group/bone/switch layer so that a single instance can be used multiple times throughout the animation.

Yes, I know that I can duplicate a vector or group and use that, but this can be problematic since Anime Studio treats the vector as an independent object instead of just an instance of some stored vector.
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Re: Reference a vector multiple times?

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Unfortunately, AS doesn't work like that (unless I'm missing something...)
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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Anyway, look for Fazek (and other) Meshinstance script.
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