Better reflect tool functionality with option to add multiple instances similar to Macromedia Freehand.
Illustrator needs a better reflect tool that can add multiple instances. The way Freehand's reflect/rotate tool worked was IMO optional because it gave a live preview of the outcome and worked intuitively.
I know that similar thing can be done in effects -> transform, but you need many more steps to achieve the same result, often not knowing what to expect visually before you get the result.
Ville Salervo
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In Freehand it indeed worked better, with an outlined preview and the guideline at the same time. Having an axis of symmetry displayed is helpful, I’d want one.
Plus, in Freehand we can click and drag instantly, while in Ai we need to click to define the pivot, release the mouse and drag separately.But I don’t recall Freehand allowing more duplicates... nor with +/- held, nor with arrow keys, nor [/]...
What you want to have is something we can do today with Object > Repeat > Radial.
The only problem is that we can’t constrain the angle with Shift or set it later for the object created, reported here http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/43866528 and here http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/42444832
