Mirroring command... how to keep original as well

[john11 (John Foster)]

How do you keep the original when mirroring an item? The command deletes the original.

[berainlb (PY)]

Take a duplicate of the item before flipping. Cmd-D on Mac.

[john11 (John Foster)]

Thanks … that’s so lame ! Should be a keyboard shortcut.

[berainlb (PY)]

@john11

Should be a keyboard shortcut.

You mean something other than Cmd-D?

[john11 (John Foster)]

I apologize… what I meant to say was it should ask you if you want to “keep original”

[berainlb (PY)]

Ah… got you. It sounds like you’re interpreting the tool as being a “mirror this object” tool when it’s more of a “flip this object” tool which implies a different base state.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@john11

that’s so lame ! Should be a keyboard shortcut.

Welcome. Um, lame? We do offer documentation to assist finding features within LightBurn. What you are looking for is called ‘Mirror Across Line’.

Mirror Across Line

Select objects and the shift select line to mirror them about, and then click “Mirror Across line” or press “Ctrl+Shift+M” Windows or “Command+Shift+M” on Macs.

You have the option to use an Icon, a hotkey, or select from the menu.

Note: (I extend a special thank you to John11. In providing the answer to their inquiry, I found we have a minor UI bug, label/menu conflict which will get resolved shortly.)