The Mirror Command

The Mirror command works exactly as expected: it makes a copy of an object or a group of objects in the opposite orientation of the first item(s). The crucial point to remember is that you will need to specify a mirror “plane.”

Although we simply could not avoid using this command in previous chapters, it's time to officially address and explore the Mirror command. The most useful aspect of the Mirror command is that if reference planes already exist in the model, you can simply pick these planes to perform the mirror, as opposed to sketching a new plane to mirror around.

The objective of the following example is to mirror the windows to the south side of the west wall:

  1. Zoom in on the windows you just arrayed.
  2. Select the windows ...

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