Symmetry

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Symmetry

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The Symmetry command mirrors curves and surfaces, makes the mirrored half tangent to the original, and then when the original object is edited, the mirrored half updates to match the original.

History recording must be on when the command is run.

Steps

  1. Select a curve or surface.

    2. Note

    • If you select the curve first, the start of the curve is changed.
    • If you select the curve after you start the command, the end of the curve nearest to where you select is changed.
  2. Pick the start of the symmetry plane.
    This is similar to the Mirror command.
  3. Pick the end of the symmetry plane.
Command-line options

Continuity

Determines how the continuity between the mirrored objects is handled.

None

No constraint.

Position

The mirrored curve or surface will connect to the original with G0 continuity.

Smooth

The mirrored curve or surface will connect to the original with G2 continuity.

See also

Mirror

Create a mirror-image copy of objects.

Reflect

Makes a SubD symmetrical across a reflection plane and merges both sides into a single SubD.