11. FORMWORK

CHAPTER 11 'FORMWORK' 55 How to use : 1. After activating the command, you select the objects you want create a mirror copy of with the left mouse button. 2. Cancel with the right mouse button. 3. You choose an existing line of the drawing as the axis for the mirroring or two points instead. In this case the mirroring will be done in relation to the line defined by these two points. 4. After indicating the line or two points, a dialogue box opens where you can choose whether to delete the objects to be mirrored or not. The process is completed by selecting or respectively with the left mouse button or cancel the "Mirroring" command by selecting . The text is "mirrored" only as a position, i.e. it keeps its original orientation so that it can be read. Offset : The "offset" command allows you to create copies of outlines at a specified distance from the original object. The command is particularly useful in cases where you want to draw lines or plines parallel to existing lines or plines at a specific distance from them. How to use : 1. You activate the "Offset" command from the "MODIFY" command list. At dialog box that opens, enter in centimeters (cm) the distance you want the offset to be.