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.
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