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Mirror
Mirroring an object
Mirror produces a symmetrical copy around an y
combinationofaxes.Thereisalsoa"NoClone"
option that performs the mirror operation without
copying. The effect is a flip or move of the object
to a new orientation.
Mirror has an interactive dialog. As you change
settings, you see the effect in the act ive view por t;
in other words, a preview of what the mirror will
look like.
There is also a Mirror modifier that gives you
parametric control of the mirror effect.
See
Mirroring Objects (page 1–475) .
Spacing Tool
The Spacing Tool distributes the vases along the sid es of
the cur ved street.
The Spacing To ol distr ibutes along a p ath defined
byasplineorpairofpoints.Youdefineapathby
picking a spline or two points and by setting a
number of parameters. You can also specify how
the spacing between objects is determined and
whether the insertion points of the objects align to
the tangent of the spline.
See
Spacing Tool (page 1–440) .
Clone and Align Tool
The Clone And Align tool lets you distribute
source objects based on the current selection to
a second selection of destination objects. F or
example, you can use Clone And Ali gn to populate
several rooms simultaneously with the same
furniture arrangement. Similarly, if you import a
CAD file that contains 2D symbols that represent
chairsinaconferenceroom,youcanuseClone
And Align to replace the symbols with 3D chair
objects
en masse .
See
Clone and Align Tool (page 1–444) .