# Can one flip a model left-to-right?

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-one-flip-a-model-left-to-right/33820>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [November 13, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-one-flip-a-model-left-to-right/33820 "2016-11-13T04:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArtsHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ArtsHunter](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ArtsHunter)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-one-flip-a-model-left-to-right/33820/1 "2016-11-13T04:23:45Z")

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I.e.: convert to a mirror image of a given model in Sketchup, Make or Pro?  
Particularly, to flip a Group within a model–

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**Author:** ![pcmoor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/pcmoor/32/3427_2.png) [@pcmoor](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pcmoor)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-one-flip-a-model-left-to-right/33820/2 "2016-11-13T04:37:45Z")

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Select the items, right click menu,flip along axis. if alternative axis required, make the selection a component, right click menu, change axis to appropriate direction, then enter the component, select all and flip in that new axis

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**Author:** ![catamountain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/catamountain/32/48_2.png) [@catamountain](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/catamountain)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-one-flip-a-model-left-to-right/33820/3 "2016-11-13T04:38:14Z")

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Alternatively, select the object \> begin to Scale it by tugging on the appropriate Scale box handle \> stop tugging \> type -1 \> press Enter on the keyboard.

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**Author:** ![eneroth3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eneroth3/32/1222_2.png) [@eneroth3](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/eneroth3)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-one-flip-a-model-left-to-right/33820/4 "2016-11-13T12:04:22Z")

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I prefer using the scale tool since I then don’t need to worry about which axis is which inside the group/component and because it works with any selection.

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**Author:** ![ArtsHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ArtsHunter](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ArtsHunter)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/can-one-flip-a-model-left-to-right/33820/5 "2016-11-13T14:33:26Z")

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Wow, thanks, Julia,  
I imagined this was a near-impossibility-- I’ll try it!

Your pal, Tom