mirrored part drawing dimensions do not mirror
mirrored part drawing dimensions do not mirror
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hello - I have a need to make a right & left handed part - I saved the right hand part as a copy under a new name - opened the new part & then mirrored the part - re-saved the new mirrored part - opened the right hand part drawing & saved it as the new part - opened the mirrored part & set references to the new part drawing & saved the mirrored part - when I opened the mirrored part drawing the part was mirrored but the dimensions were not mirrored - could someone point me in the right direction as to how to correct this - any help or info would be greatly appreciated - than k you






RE: mirrored part drawing dimensions do not mirror
Re-dimension the part on the drawing.
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RE: mirrored part drawing dimensions do not mirror
Diego
RE: mirrored part drawing dimensions do not mirror
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RE: mirrored part drawing dimensions do not mirror
Now as far as documenting it. What the others have said above is correct, there is no magic way to get all the dims there. What you may be able to do... if your fabricators can understand it is to show an iso of the mirror part as well as a note that states XXXXXXX is a mirror of YYYYYYY. I have used this in the past with great success. If the part is complex, I would recommend against it however and just manually dimension it. The nice thing is, you have already done the hard part of figuring out the best way to dimension it. Now you just have to replicate it... as a mirror.
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