Hi,

I have figured out how manually mirror an object using Copy / flip / snap
But this does not maintain a relationship between the original and the 'reflection'. If you update your object, you need to repeat the work around.

If I google Inkscape + symmetrical + mirror I get some very promising hits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMfMdBir9H4 (2012 video, referencing version 0.48 r11359)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig (2015 video, probably a future feature)

In both of these videos the functionality is accessible under Path Effects.
But I do not see either functionality when I look at my default Path Effects (Windows 10 64bit Inkscape v0.91)

So what is the story? Did the 0.48 r11359 version never become part of an official release?
Clearly this is more than just a good idea....it's working code.

Does anyone know the status of this or similar features in future releases?
Alternatively, Does anyone know a hack/workaround that accomplishes something similar?

Hi.

Use tiled clones instead.
Can have many more options.

Check Xav's articles in full circle magazine, #28-#36:
complete list of articles

Good luck!

Tiled Clones...yes that'll do the trick!

It's just one of those things that I did not know existed until someone pointed straight at it.

Thank you Lazur URH

There used to be a mirror symmetry feature back in some version before 0.44. I think it was dropped by 0.44 or 45 though. However, jabiertxof has made some awesome new LPEs, one of which is mirror symmtry. Another is kaleidoscope.

If we all cross our fingers, and hold our breath til we turn blue, maybe the developers will notice, and begin to review all his new branches with the new LPEs, so they can come out at least in a dev version, and eventually in a stable version. There are a couple in the lastest dev versions, but I can't remember which ones. Maybe it is the mirror symmetry one???