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
Lesson: Creating a Mirror Image of Existing Objects ■ 209
Procedure: Mirroring Objects Using Grips
The following steps give an overview of using grips to mirror objects.
1.
Select an object to activate its grips.
2.
Click a grip to activate grip edit mode. By default, this point will be used as the first point of the mirror
line.
3.
Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Mirror.
4.
Move your cursor to define the mirror line. Click to select the point.
Guidelines for Mirroring Objects
■ You can use the Mirror command on all geometry.
■ By default, all new drawings have the MIRRTEXT system variable set to 0, so that text is not
reversed in a mirror action.
■ When MIRRTEXT is set to 0, the text does not mirror; however, the text alignment is mirrored, for
example from left alignment to right.
■ Drawings that were created in older versions may have the MIRRTEXT system variable set to 1.
When you mirror a text object in one of these files, the text is reversed. To avoid reversal of the
text, set the MIRRTEXT value to 0.