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Mirror Option

Mirror Option

I would like a property for all engineering items to mirror them after they have been inserted into a drawing.  When you place a 3-way valve on a vertical pipe for example it puts the middle port to the right.  I want to be able to mirror this item so that the middle port can be shown going to the left.  This doesn't affect the flow at all as it just allows the user to be able to mirror an object so that it can have the port going left/right or up/down on the middle of the valve.  It would also tell it that the actuator on a control valve with a 3-way body would be up/down or left/right.  It would make things so much easier to deal with as I wouldn't have to be constantly flipping/rotating/mirroring my 3-way valves and objects like that because as soon as I move the valve on the pipe or move the pipe it changes my valve back to the default which causes me to go back and redraw everything that I have changed.

3 Comments
craig_wood
Advisor

Not just mirror, but rotate as well...

PeterQuinn
Alumni

If it's flipping things back after you've moved it, you should report it as a bug. It shouldn't do that.

ChrisBatt
Advocate

I've found out that the 3-way valve is actually a function of the order you draw the pipes and the order of the attachment points on the valve.  If you do this correctly, then the 3-way valve will move to the correct orientation.  You just have to be diligent on drawing things in the correct order.   Control valves of the angle variety however do not orient themselves correctly and I have logged this with Autodesk and it is currently being looked at by development.  I would still love a mirror and rotate option though as it would simplify the whole drawing process.

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