"Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
"Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
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What is the difference between "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"?
Michael Fernando (CSWE)
www.solidCADworks.com
Tool and Die Designer
Siemens NX V8.5 + PDW
SWX 2013 SP3.0 X64
PDMWorks 2013
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RE: "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
Thanks for the update. As mentioned in my signature, it's NX V8.5.
What function should I use with V8.5 to avoid issues with V9 in future?
Michael Fernando (CSWE)
www.solidCADworks.com
Tool and Die Designer
Siemens NX V8.5 + PDW
SWX 2013 SP3.0 X64
PDMWorks 2013
Logopress3
FastForm Advance
FormatWorks
RE: "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
And sorry about that unneeded question. I preach to people to include their current software levels in something like their signatures and then I completely miss reading it myself
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
'Mirror body' has the 'At Timestamp' option which 'instance geometry - mirror' does not
Khimani Mohiki
Design Engineer - Aston Martin
NX8.5
RE: "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
Instance geometry allows creation of the mirror plane on the fly, mirror body requires the use of a predefined plane.
Mirror body will also affect the selection order of subsequent Boolean operations involving the original body and the mirrored body.
You have the option of hiding the original when using instance geometry.
RE: "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
I find “Hiding the original” is it unstable. Any update/adding a feature in the tree will show the original. So I’m using “Delete body” instead.
Michael Fernando (CSWE)
www.solidCADworks.com
Tool and Die Designer
Siemens NX V8.5 + PDW
SWX 2013 SP3.0 X64
PDMWorks 2013
Logopress3
FastForm Advance
FormatWorks
RE: "Mirror Body" vs. Instance Geometry's "Mirror"
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.