Mirroring part brings no hole information
Mirroring part brings no hole information
(OP)
How come when your mirror a part thru a plane, none of the hole information goes with it. So, when I try to create a drawing of a mirrored part and use the hole callout, junk.






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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
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I go to dimension the new left hand part and use the hole call out and the link has been lost. It does not call it out properly as a 1/4-20.
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Which version of SW?
Are you selecting the body or features to mirror?
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SW 2009 x64 SP 1.0
(example) - I make a block. Put 2 1/4-20 holes in the top of it. Click a surface on the right hand of the block, click "insert, mirror part", put a check mark in all boxes (Except for the lose link to original part box). Now I have a "right hand" part (mirrored part). I make a drawing, and use the hole callout button on the holes.. and it just says .177 (depth) .557. There is no mention of 1/4-20 or quantity of 2.
RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
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AFAIK, the non-transfer of HW info at the assy level has always been an issue.
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As I said. "I make a block"... that is at the part level.
I have never mirrored an assembly.
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When I Insert > Pattern?Mirror > Mirror I only see options to select features, faces, or bodies to mirror. The only "check mark" options are for Merge Solids, Knit surfaces and Propagate material properties.
Anyway if I use the Bodies to Mirror option and select the block in the graphics area, it works for me with SW09-SP1 x32.
RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
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However, using the correct Insert > Mirror Part function you specify, still works for me.
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RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
I have never seen this work. Would be a nice enhancement request.
Joe
SW Office 2008 SP5.0
P4 3.0Ghz 3GB
ATI FireGL X1
RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
The mirrored part that my PC creates does not. See attached.
Look at Mirrored part and Look at Mirrored part from ACM. Mine does not have the tapped holes in the feature tree but CorBlims file does. What the heck.
RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
here is my mirrored part. It is referencing corblims part so you will have to have his file to view it also of course.
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Corblim walk me/us thru this work around! I have been doing "insert, mirror part" for years and having it NOT transfer holes. I am talking parts with 500 holes in them!
Either we are doing it wrong or it would make a great enhancement request.
RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
You need to ZIP (or RMB and Send to > Compressed (zipped) Folder) before uploading.
RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
You are doing
- Click surface to mirror thru
- Insert
--Mirror part
---check all boxes including break link to original part
The mirror part is made and it retains all the hole information. The only downside is that if you update the left hand part, the right hand part does not reflect the change.
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I just submitted an enhancement request.
It should work with just insert, mirror part, and keep all features and references to the other hand part.
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Now I see it too. If you keep the link to the original part, the HW info is not retained; but if you break the link, it is. That's odd.
Joe
SW Office 2008 SP5.0
P4 3.0Ghz 3GB
ATI FireGL X1
RE: Mirroring part brings no hole information
We have been mirroring complex parts with a bazillion holes and manually typing in the hole wizard information. Very dangerous practice but we had to as it just called out everything as a thru hole.