Mirroring imported image in sketch mode

tony_459

How does one do it? I can't use the mirror feature directly on an image, and if I use it on the dashed lines that surround my reference image, only those lines are mirrored. I can't specify a negative width or height to invert the image. Rotating the sketch plane by 180 degrees doesn't work. Thanks for helping.

Jake_Rosenfeld

@tony_soares459

Maybe this is a good workflow for you:

1. Start a second sketch
2. Use an implicit mate connector as the sketch plane, flipping the primary axis, and rotating to the appropriate clocking to horizontal and vertical be what you expect
3. Insert the sketch image again
4. Constrain as appropriate

I thought this was easier shown than told, so here is a gif, and a link to the final product:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/96fd5a1bc76880da6e045f54/w/4b66b75704c04144ae594248/e/232131f3cde32b116c39ba26

tony_459

Thanks! I just learned a few things!

mackenzie_cushard

THANK YOU SO MUCH! 

henry_feldman

Oh man, that was so useful. Thanks

matthew_stacy

@Jake_Rosenfeld, sketching on a mate connector to reverse the sketch-normal is an awesome trick!  Very clever.  Thanks for that.  And thanks to google for guiding me to this nugget of wisdom.