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symmetry in assembly

symmetry in assembly

symmetry in assembly

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hi,

It seems like only the partbody of the part can be mirrored using the symmetry function in assembly.  I have many part bodies in a part and want to mirror the whole part in assembly, is there a way to use the symmetry function to mirror every partbody of the part under product?

one more thing, my catia window is always on top, how can i disable this?

thank you..

RE: symmetry in assembly

You will find as a rule of thumb, a part is just that.  A Part.  Use products and components to pull together many parts.  You can get away with a few partbodies in 1 CATPart, but now you will find the disadvantages of that.  Lets say that your part in question has 2 partbodies.  Go to File --> New From on the existing part, this will create you a new copy of your original file with a different UUID number.  This is an internal id number of the part.  Rename the new part, delete the information you don't need, to make body.2 your PartBody contextual menu body.2 --> Change Part Body.  Save the file.

Regards,
Derek

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