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Duplicating objects using the Mirror command - Rhino Tutorial
From the course: Rhino 5 Essential Training
Duplicating objects using the Mirror command
Next up, we'll go over the mirror command and how best to use it. This command is perfect for any symmetrical geometry whether it's a curve, surface or solid. It's also a big time saver since you only have to build half or even a quarter of the geometry. It also increases accuracy since each half automatically matches the other side. We'll start off with this curve here and we're going to try a new little variation. We're going to record the history as we make a mirror, so I'm going to click on this button down here, record history, select the curve and just do a simple mirror (NOISE). So it's asking me for a plane. I've got a axis line already drawn. That's the red line. So looks like we did our basic mirror. Nothing special, but that record history actually, it's nice little tweaks here. So only if I work on the original, the copy updates and stays symmetrical. How cool is that? 'Kay, one little related tip here. I'm going to turn the control points off. Join both sides together…
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Editing corners with Fillet and Chamfer11m 26s
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Trimming and splitting6m 55s
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Moving and rotating objects with the Drag and Nudge tools9m 19s
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Copying and pasting objects3m 54s
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Understanding how Rhino uses Undo and Redo4m 6s
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Grouping objects4m 40s
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Scaling objects6m 40s
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Duplicating objects using the Mirror command4m 5s
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Making copies and structured sets using arrays7m 30s
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