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Creating mirrored copies

Creating mirrored copies - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Creating mirrored copies

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In this lesson, we're going learn how to cut our work in half or double our productivity however you want to look at it. Specifically we will be talking about the Mirror command. Mirror is another tool that allows us to copy geometry. These copies are special though and that they are a reflection of the original. On my screen, I've drawn one half of a car, this car is symmetrical. I've also drawn the center line or my line of symmetry. Mirror is a great tool to use anytime you have symmetrical geometry because you only have to draw one side. Mirror will produce the other side for you. To finish my car, I'm going to come up to the Modify panel and launch the Mirror command. I will then select the geometry I'd like to copy or mirror. I'll press Enter when I'm finished. Now, I need to identify two points on my line of symmetry or my mirror line. I'll grab the end point on the right side of my line and then I'll come over and grab the endpoint on the left. Finally, do you want to delete…

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