Is it possible to flip or mirror an imported image?

prem_hall603

Hi, So I'm working on an RC touring car, Specifically the BMW E30 model. I want to model the shell on the car and tried to flip an image of multiple perspectives of the model. I want to know if it'd be possible to change the view of the car?

NeilCooke

No, you’ll have to edit it in an image editing program first. 

EvanReese

Another way to handle this is to flip your sketch plane. you can do that by sketching on a mate connector and using the flip and rotate buttons to get it oriented.

thor_zweegers

Is this still a thing? I can't figure it out and can't imagine this hasn't been fixed in an update in the last 4 years

EvanReese

thor_zweegers said:

Is this still a thing? I can't figure it out and can't imagine this hasn't been fixed in an update in the last 4 years

I don't think it's been changed, but works well enough for me as-is. Are you familiar with sketching on implicit mate connectors? You can flip those, which will flip your image.

nick_papageorge073

thor_zweegers said:

Is this still a thing? I can't figure it out and can't imagine this hasn't been fixed in an update in the last 4 years

Why wouldn't you simply do it in any photo editing app? I don't see that as a CAD core competency function. A picture is generally used as a visual reference to make lines/curves in cad, then never used again.

eric_pesty

@thor_zweegers,

The image tool is fairly basic so better to "prep" your picture in an external tool as you probably need to crop it as well before importing...

The "Image" Featurescript is an alternative that provides other functionality as well to help with sizing (and you can flip the MC easily):
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f7a45d78c374497d37c1d2cb/v/a9e78475a009e142f2ebb3d1/e/557019cd8b843cc475681faf