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290 CHAPTER 9 PAtterning And Mirroring

Figure 9.5
Selecting items in the
Mirror entities
PropertyManager

If you prefer to use the interface, just click the Mirror icon first and then select entities. If you
use this method, you can mirror centerlines as well as regular lines, and you can select a regular
line, an edge, or a plane in the Mirror About box. Also, you can turn off the Copy option to
remove the original entities when creating the mirror. Using the interface allows you much more
flexibility; avoiding the interface has some special requirements, but it’s much faster.

Using Dynamic Mirror
As the name suggests, Dynamic Mirror mirrors sketch entities as they are created. You can activate
it by selecting a centerline and clicking the Dynamic Mirror button on the Sketch toolbar. Dynamic
Mirror is not on the toolbar by default; you need to choose Tools ➢ Customize ➢ Commands to
add it to the toolbar. You can also access Dynamic Mirror by choosing Tools ➢ Sketch Tools ➢
Dynamic Mirror from the menu.
When you activate this function, there is no PropertyManager interface. The centerline
displays with hatch marks on the ends and remains active until you turn off or exit the sketch.
Figure 9.6 shows the centerline with hatch marks.

Figure 9.6
The dynamic Mirror
centerline with
hatch marks