Use the Mirror and Scale Handles

You can use a symbol's mirror handle to mirror the symbol about its center. The mirror handle appears at the right center of the symbol's range box. Dragging the mirror handle across the center of a symbol's range box causes the symbol to mirror about its center in dynamics. A center line for the X and Y axes appears through the range box of the symbol. The axes appear as solid when the mouse pointer crosses one or both axes.

You can use a symbol's scale handles to resize it. Four black scale handles are displayed on the corner of the symbol's range box. You can drag any of the four handles up or down.

Click the Show Me   button on the SmartSketch Learning Center toolbar for a complete demonstration of the tasks in this lesson.

1. From the Symbol Explorer, drag and drop the Arrow 30.sym symbol centered, and two grid spaces below the four arrows.
2. Using the mirror handle , mirror the symbol horizontally so the arrow points to the left.

Note

• When you place the cursor over the mirror handle, the mirror handle changes.

3. Move the new Arrow symbol to the right until its left edge is aligned with the right edge of the fourth symbol.
4. Click the symbol's drag handle and stretch the symbol to the left until it is aligned with the left side of the first symbol.
5. On the Main toolbar, click the Zoom In button.
6. Click one time in the center of the arrow that was just placed.
7. Right-click the mouse to reset the command.
8. Double-click the Arrow symbol you just placed and type the following text:  Report Status of Order to WEB Server
9. On the Main toolbar, click the Fit button.