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title: "Tool"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/TOOLCAMIRROR-ID_CA_MIRROR_TOOL_GROUP_TOOL.html"
section_path: "Character Menu > Mirror > Tool"
element_id: "TOOLCAMIRROR"
group_id: "ID_CA_MIRROR_TOOL_GROUP_TOOL"
description: "If this option is enabled, the mirroring takes the selected object and its hierarchy into account. If the option is disabled, the mirror settings refer to …"
---

## Tool

### Children

Parameter ID: `ID_CA_MIRROR_TOOL_HIERARCHY`

If this option is enabled, the mirroring takes the selected object and its hierarchy into account. If the option is disabled, the mirror settings refer to the active Joint object only.

### Mirror

Parameter ID: `ID_CA_MIRROR_TOOL`

Click this button to apply the Mirror tool's current settings.