Mirror parts in Assembly
Mirror parts in Assembly
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Hi,
I mirror a part in the assembly. when I open the mirrored one separately, it has no intelligence, no features. Is there a way of preserving the features so I would be able to edit the part rather than it being "dumb"?
I mirror a part in the assembly. when I open the mirrored one separately, it has no intelligence, no features. Is there a way of preserving the features so I would be able to edit the part rather than it being "dumb"?






RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
Ray Reynolds
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RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
That is the exact reason we discontinued the use of mirrored parts. We always wanted to modified the mirrored part a year later.
Bradley
RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
Ray Reynolds
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?
RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
In Pro/E you can mirror a part by copy and get all the features of the part to be independent like the original part.
The procedure is to create a new assy with no default datum planes, bring the component you want to mirror into the assembly (don't assy it to anything let it be unconstained), in the assy create a new part by mirror, name it, use copy not reference, select a datum from the original part the direction you want to mirror and the new part is mirrored.
At this point you call up the new mirrored part in a different window and save it to disk, wipe out the assy out of memory ... do not save that assy or it ruins everything.
By calling up the new part in a seperate window and saving it along with breaking all ties to the assy you now have a independent part from the original and a perfect mirror that you could modify all you want.
I know this is in Pro/E and I'm not trying to start any flames, I'm just trying to show a method of doing this that maybe someone could try in Solidworks since I am not that versed in the software. I'm sure there is someone that also uses Pro/E along with Solidworks from the group that could maybe try it in Pro then try it in SWorks, I'd be really interested to see if it works.
HTH
Brian
RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
BTW great name aaMOROSO 8^)
RE: Mirror parts in Assembly
If you mirror it in an assy then part1 becomes part1.
If you mirror it in as a part, the part1 it becomes part2, but still a mirrored part.
Bradley