Activating the command:
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Draw
Pattern Mirror
- If lines or construction objects are selected, right-click and choose Mirror.
To use the Mirror command, follow these steps:
- Select the lines and/or construction objects that you want to mirror.
- Select the Mirror command. Depending on whether you are working in a sketch or not effects how the mirror command works.
- Working in a Sketch: The Mirror Objects dialog appears. Use the Pick button to choose which line (either a regular mesh line or a construction line) to mirror the selected objects about.
- Not Working in a Sketch: Select the existing plane about which you want the lines to be mirrored. If the desired mirror plane does not exist, click the New button and define the mirror plane. (See the page Drawing Planes for details on creating a plane.)
- By default, the selected objects will be copied when they are mirrored. To move the objects when they are mirrored, activate the Delete original objects check box.
- Press the OK button to perform the mirror operation.
The mirrored objects created will either be placed in a sketch or placed in 3D space depending on whether they were originally in a sketch and if the mirror operation would keep them in a sketch. If they are mirrored to a sketch, the appropriate drawing plane entry in the tree view under the part will have the new entries for the mirrored objects; otherwise, the new objects will appear in the 3D Objects entry in the tree view under the part.