{"id":3055,"date":"2018-07-06T09:26:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T09:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=3055"},"modified":"2020-10-26T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T08:18:49","slug":"how-to-use-the-mirror-function","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/knowledge-base\/how-to-use-the-mirror-function\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the mirror function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mirror function comes in handy when the structure (or part of it) is (almost) symmetrical.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Draw the outline of half of the structure.<\/li>\n<li>Click on\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-3048\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ButtonView.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"39\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ButtonView.jpg 39w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ButtonView-35x35.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 39px) 100vw, 39px\" \/>to change the view to a 2D view. Usually a Top or a Front view are used.<\/li>\n<li>Select the structure and click on <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-3056\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ButtonMirror.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"35\" \/>\u00a0.<\/li>\n<li>Indicate the points defining the mirror axis on the screen.<br \/>\nIt might be difficult to snap to the structure because the drawing grid is in the way. In that case, turn off the grid before starting the mirror function. Hold the <kbd>SHIFT<\/kbd> button down to indicate a perfect vertical.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: it is also possible to use the mirror function in a 3D view, but it requires an additional point to define a mirror plane instead of a mirror axis.\u00a0Any double lines and surfaces are recognized by Diamonds and removed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to use the mirror function in Diamonds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dlC9YdU1QN8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mirror function comes in handy when the structure (or part of it) is (almost) symmetrical. Draw the outline of half of the structure. Click on\u00a0to change the view to a 2D view. Usually a Top or a Front view are used. Select the structure and click on \u00a0. Indicate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[59],"ht-kb-tag":[563],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3419,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3055\/revisions\/3419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}