Drawing elements can be mirrored and mirrored-copied by using a linear element as a mirror axis. In this lesson, you will mirror the desk and chair you placed previously so that a copy exists in the adjacent room of the office layout.

Click the Show Me Show Me  button on the SmartSketch Learning Center toolbar to view a demonstration of how to perform the tasks in this lesson.

  1. On the Main toolbar, click the Fit Fit Button button. 
  2. On the Main toolbar, click the Zoom Area Zoom Area Button button. 
  3. Click once in the upper left corner of the drawing, then click in the lower right corner of the drawing to define the zoom area. 
  4. Select the lower right corner of the drawing.
  5. On the Draw toolbar, click the Select Tool Select Button and drag a fence around the desk and chair. 
  6. On the Main toolbar, click the Change Change Button button to display the Change toolbar. 
  7. On the Change toolbar, click the Mirror Mirror Button button. 
  8. On the Mirror ribbon bar, click the Copy Copy Button button. 
  9. Click the midpoint of the bottom line (the outside wall). This is the first point of the mirror line.

Notice that the mirrored element displays dynamically on the other side of the outside wall.

  1. Click the midpoint of the top line (the outside wall). This is the second point of the mirror line.

A mirrored copy of the desk and chair is placed in the other office.

    Use the Mirror and Scale Handles