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    • S Offline
      suSteve
      last edited by

      thanks for the help. I do this and end up with the attached.

      Select arrow > select mirror and click on point 1 > drop down to base of arrow and click > move up 45 deg and click again

      Could you please explain what is happening with the two lines I draw after clicking the object (the one that goes straight down and then the one at 45 degs)

      thank you


      mirrorArrow2.png

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      • Alan FraserA Offline
        Alan Fraser
        last edited by

        It would be far simpler to use Rotate/Copy.
        Select the arrow then orbit so that you are looking down on it. Choose the Rotate tool, place the rotate cursor on the ground so that it turns blue, then lock it in that position by holding down Shift.
        Move the cursor to the point of the arrow indicated by your smaller drawn arrow and click once on your mouse.
        Press Ctrl once to get a small plus sign next to the cursor (indicating a copy rather than rotation of the original) then click another twice 90° apart...preferably on axis so you get a precise 90° inference.

        It sound complex the first time, but is very straightforward and takes about two seconds to complete.

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          d12dozr
          last edited by

          Use a temporary guideline, then with the mirror tool, click on the numbers in order


          Click for full size...

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          http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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          • D Offline
            d12dozr
            last edited by

            The guideline is on the ground plane...kinda hard to tell from my picture. I've attached the SKP so you can try it.

            ...Alan is right of course, but I wanted to show this because in other cases the mirror tool may be easier.


            Mirror Arrow.skp

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            http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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              suSteve
              last edited by

              thank you d12dozr. Your skp works fine (of course) so now I can see where I am going wrong.

              [Alan your signature reminds me that I proposed to my wife at Formby point many years ago.]

              Still unsure what the two lines do when you draw them after clicking a start point with the mirror tool selected. I have played around with it for ages but can't seem to work out the rules of it.

              thanks again (much appreciated)

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
                last edited by

                @susteve said:

                Still unsure what the two lines do when you draw them after clicking a start point with the mirror tool selected. I have played around with it for ages but can't seem to work out the rules of it.

                thanks again (much appreciated)

                the lines define the plane of the mirror.. literally, think of putting a real mirror in your sketchup drawing.. the first line of the mirror plugin tells where to put the bottom (for all intents and purposes of this visual) edge of the mirror and the second line represents the adjacent edge..

                dotdotdot

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                  suSteve
                  last edited by

                  thanks Jeff, playing around with it again after seeing d12dozr's skp revelation and now I can see how it works. Thinking about it like a real mirror helps me visualise it better - thank you

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                  • Alan FraserA Offline
                    Alan Fraser
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                    @susteve said:

                    [Alan your signature reminds me that I proposed to my wife at Formby point many years ago.]

                    You wouldn't have wanted to repeat that today, Steve. I took the pooch for a walk on the beach this morning...bloody freezing and blowing a gale. 😄.

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                    • Jean LemireJ Offline
                      Jean Lemire
                      last edited by

                      Hi Folks.

                      See attached SU file for ideas.


                      Mirror along any plane.skp

                      Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                      • pbacotP Offline
                        pbacot
                        last edited by

                        Jean,
                        In your second example (scene 5) how do you set the rotation using the guide line?

                        Peter

                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                        • Jean LemireJ Offline
                          Jean Lemire
                          last edited by

                          Hi Peter, hi folks.

                          See this page in SketchUp help:

                          http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94897

                          Just ideas.

                          Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                            pbacot
                            last edited by

                            @jean lemire said:

                            Hi Peter, hi folks.

                            See this page in SketchUp help:

                            http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94897

                            Just ideas.

                            Doh! 👊 Thanks Jean. I am sure I've done that before but left the method unused for too long.

                            Peter

                            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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