As a user I would like to have a new meta command, !LPE MIRROR <X,Y,Z> ... !LPE MIRROR END

[nilsschmidt1337]

P. Hurbain wrote:

In order to ease the creation of symmetrical parts, I would like to have a new meta command,
!LPE MIRROR <X,Y,Z> ... !LPE MIRROR END. All elements placed in MIRROR section would show up in normal orientation and in mirrored one. A button would allow to add new elements to the mirror section if pressed, or to the "middle" section if released. Another button would allow to hide the mirrored elements (to see inside part). Of course vertices of the mirrored elements would be active when not hidden, allowing to easily attach elements of the "middle". At the end, the mirror section could be converted to a subpart if size justify, or "compiled" into truely mirrored elements.

[nilsschmidt1337]

However, it...

• will take time to implement (if I really do this, I want a fast "realtime" mirror).
• will be a feature for the advanced / expert user
• will need some tricks to allow the modification on both sides of the mirror (so you don't have to care which side is editable).
• will require CPU horsepower for the mirror transformation
• will support only one mirror per file and no mirror within subfiles (allowing more would be very hard to implement with performance in mind).
• will be necessary to introduce a new mirror mode (due to performance reasons)