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Chapter 4 - Sketching• Extend: Extends the figures in straight lines until they intersect.6. Click OK to create the offset figure(s). The new figures are created and becomepart of the sketch.4.5.6 Mirroring FiguresYou can use the Mirror tool to create copies of figures mirrored about another referenceline or figure. A Symmetric constraint is automatically applied between the originalfigure and the mirror figure. If you change the original figure, the mirrored figure willalso change.‣ To mirror a sketch figure:1. Select the Mirror tool from the Sketching toolbar. The Mirror Figure dialogbox appears.2. Select the figure(s) to mirror either one at a time or drag a selection rectanglearound all figures. The figure name(s) appears in the Figures to mirror area inthe dialog box.3. Select the Mirror Axis to mirror the figure about. The mirror axis can be either areference line or another sketch figure. You can NOT choose a reference geometryaxis (such as the X-axis).4. Click OK to create the mirrored figure.83

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