User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Taking the AutoCAD Tour
- Chapter 2: Creating Basic Drawings
- Chapter 3: Manipulating Objects
- Lesson: Selecting Objects in the Drawing
- Lesson: Changing an Object's Position
- Lesson: Creating New Objects from Existing Objects
- Lesson: Changing the Angle of an Object's Position
- Lesson: Creating a Mirror Image of Existing Objects
- Lesson: Creating Object Patterns
- Lesson: Changing an Object's Size
- Challenge Exercise: Grips
- Challenge Exercise: Architectural
- Challenge Exercise: Mechanical
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter 4: Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands
- Chapter 5: Altering Objects
- Lesson: Trimming and Extending Objects to Defined Boundaries
- Lesson: Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry
- Lesson: Joining Objects
- Lesson: Breaking an Object into Two Objects
- Lesson: Applying a Radius Corner to Two Objects
- Lesson: Creating an Angled Corner Between Two Objects
- Lesson: Changing Part of an Object's Shape
- Challenge Exercise: Architectural
- Challenge Exercise: Mechanical
- Chapter Summary
208 ■ Chapter 3: Manipulating Objects
Procedure: Mirroring Text
The following is an overview of mirroring text in the drawing with the MIRRTEXT system variable set to
1.
1.
Begin by setting the MIRRTEXT system variable to 1. This turns the mirroring of text on.
■ At the Command line, enter MIRRTEXT and press ENTER.
■ Enter 1 and press ENTER.
2.
Activate the Mirror command.
3.
Select the objects to be mirrored. Press ENTER.
4.
Select two points to define the mirror line.
5.
Enter Y to erase source objects or N to keep the source objects.