Mirror part not updating configs ?
Mirror part not updating configs ?
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Just wondering if anyone else has this problem? I have a part with 2 configurations which I have mirrored so the LH part has those 2 configs in it. But later I have gone to the RH and added 2 more configs, but they were not reflected in the LH? Is this always the case? Do I have to recreate the mirror to reflect the new configs ? I had assumed they would update like features but....






RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
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RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
This method will save you the headache of fixing mates in the assembly that is using the mirrored part.
-Shaggy
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
Only problem with that method though, is if you have multiple instances of the mirrored part, all instances change to whichever config is selected.
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
Actually, the parent config that you select in the "list external references" window only applys to that specific child config. So if you have say 4 configs in the parent, you can have 4 configs in the child, each looking at a different config of the parent.
-Shaggy
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
what are you right clicking on to get the "list external references" window. When I click on the <partname>_mirrored (feature) I am able to change as I described above. When I right click on the filename at the top of the feature manager, it works as you described.
-Shaggy
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
Here's a simple example.
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
I created the parent angle with configs, created an assy, created the mirrored parts, and then tried to change the refs.
Would you post back a file showing the changed refs please?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
I have to say that it has to work, because when you create a mirror part of a parent that has multiple configs, it creates a config for each in the child. This is the only location where that setting is.
-Shaggy
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
I have attached (I hope) a zip file with two files, one is the mirror of the other.
-Shaggy
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
I can open the mirrored part and change it to whichever config of the parent part I wish.
However, my point is/was that if an assy is created which has several instances of the mirrored part in it, changing any one of those parts results in all of the mirrored part instances changing to the same parent config.
Does this not happen for you?
Is my install screwed in some way?
Or am I just totally losing it?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
I am picturing a semi-complex family of parts where the parent had -1,-2,-3,-4 and the child had -5,-6,-7,-8. Where -5 is a mirror of -1 and -6 is a mirror of -2 etc.
I think your install is working fine, but we are just kinda talking about different stuff maybe. The whole email communication thing.
-Shaggy
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
I just re-read your posts and realised that I had been missing creating the "go-between" configs step in the child part.
It would be much easier though if SW just copied the configs directly into the mirrored part. ER time?
RE: Mirror part not updating configs ?
-Shaggy