From ef779e22592095a85920309e15e349a6be590056 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Schultz <ryan@openingdesign.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:08:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] - Shift+click or Shift+Ctrl+F duplicates and mirrors, keeping
 original - Show Mirror Geometry button for any active IFC element, not just  
 flippable types

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---
 src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py  | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../bonsai/bim/module/model/workspace.py       |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py
index d2654486b8..b057e11074 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/product.py
@@ -684,7 +684,12 @@ class TrueMirrorElements(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
     bl_idname = "bim.mirror_geometry"
     bl_label = "Mirror Element Geometry"
     bl_options = {"REGISTER", "UNDO"}
-    bl_description = "Mirrors the selected objects by mirroring their representation (or their types representation)"
+    bl_description = (
+        "Mirrors the selected objects by inverting their representation. "
+        "If an active object is set, mirrors about its YZ plane; otherwise mirrors in place along the X axis. "
+        "Shift: duplicate and mirror, leaving the original in place"
+    )
+    keep_original: bpy.props.BoolProperty(name="Keep Original", default=False)
 
     @classmethod
     def poll(cls, context):
@@ -698,7 +703,16 @@ class TrueMirrorElements(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
             if objs_to_mirror:
                 mirror_ref = active_obj
         if mirror_ref is None:
-            objs_to_mirror = context.selected_objects
+            objs_to_mirror = list(context.selected_objects)
+
+        if self.keep_original:
+            if mirror_ref:
+                mirror_ref.select_set(False)
+            bpy.ops.bim.override_object_duplicate_move(is_interactive=False)
+            objs_to_mirror = [obj for obj in context.selected_objects if obj != mirror_ref]
+            if mirror_ref:
+                mirror_ref.select_set(True)
+
         for obj in objs_to_mirror:
             self.mirror_obj(context, obj, mirror_ref)
         return {"FINISHED"}
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/workspace.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/workspace.py
index 2881516d5b..1bb04a9f07 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/workspace.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/model/workspace.py
@@ -1146,6 +1146,7 @@ class Hotkey(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
         self.x = self.props.x
         self.y = self.props.y
         self.z = self.props.z
+        self.shift = event.shift
         return self.execute(context)
 
     def draw(self, context):
@@ -1304,7 +1305,7 @@ class Hotkey(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
     def hotkey_C_F(self):
         if not bpy.context.selected_objects:
             return
-        bpy.ops.bim.mirror_geometry()
+        bpy.ops.bim.mirror_geometry(keep_original=getattr(self, "shift", False))
 
     def hotkey_S_G(self):
         obj = bpy.context.active_object