Mirror
Copy edits across the middle of the part you are working on.
Mirror copies your edits across the middle of the part you are working on. When it’s on, an edit on one side (moving a ring, pulling out a face, or making a cut) happens on the other side too. Each pair is a single undo step.
The Mirror toggle is at the top left of the canvas. It is off each time the app starts. It is hidden in the Add tab, since placing shapes isn’t mirrored.
The axis chip
When it’s on, the axis name (↔ left–right, ⤢ front–back, or ↕ up–down) shows. Select the name to switch the axis.
Mirror location
The mirror goes through the middle of the part you are working on: the selected part (in Adjust, the part with the selection), the part you are drawing a shape on, or the part being cut. It shows on that part as a see-through sheet labelled Mirror. With nothing selected, it shows at the middle of the whole fig.
The mirror follows the part when the part moves. It resets to the part’s middle when you rotate or resize the part, switch Mirror on, change the axis, select another part, or open a fig. Mirrored edits don’t move it.
Supported tools
Mirror works on the Adjust tools (faces, rings, and corners), face tools in Build, Draw a shape on flat faces, and Slice in Cut. It does not copy Chop, Wedge, Bevel on a line (Tap a line), or new shapes placed in Add. To copy a whole part across, use Mirror a copy (see Details ). Mirror needs a part that is already the same on both sides of its middle; it can’t make an uneven shape even.
If nothing matches on the other side, the edit happens only on your side, with a message. If the change on either side is refused, neither side changes. A shape drawn on a curved surface is not mirrored: it stays on your side only, with a message.
The Paint tool has its own Mirror toggle in its settings. See Paint .
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