MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
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I have a question that's probably dumb but I'm stumped: I mirrored a feature. Now I want to delete the seed feature without deleting the dependent feature. Any tricks to this or am I blind to the obvious? Thanks for the help






RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
That's like removing the foundation of a house, and expect it not to fall?
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Scott Baugh, CSWP

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RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
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RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
If you use SW03, then you can do this. But any older version of SW you will not be able to, because you have to use Multibodies.
Just doing a "delete body" won't work.
1) When you make the inital body that would be the parent uncheck Merge bodies, when in the defintion of the feature.
2) When you do the mirror you have 3 choices of what it is you want to mirrior, pick Bodies to mirror and pick the body.
3) Then pick the plane or face to mirror about.
4) Click OK
5) Under the solid bodies folder there are now X amount of bodies. RMB on the body you don't want to show and click "Hide Solid Body"
6) Combine the mirror and the base with and "Add". If you combine the parent it will show itself automatically.
I hope this helps you,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
If a body is mirrored in a part, the parent can be deleted as a subsequent feature and the mirrored body remains. All the features of the original body are intact. The "delete body" feature is in the feature tree, and the original body can be restored by deleting or suppressing the "delete body" feature.
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
The 2nd way I just found is below: (I'm using a plate and a cylinder extruded off the plate)
1) Mirror the entire solid body that includes the base and the cylinder
2) You will get overlapping solids but you can "Hide" the first solid body, which was yout initial body and you will get the mirrored plate and the mirrored cylinder.
If you need an example of either of these posts I have posted, I can send it to you. Just give me an address or I'll post a temporary link.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
No problem!
There is an Icon for this on your Features Toolbar. If you can't find go to Insert\Features\Combine
1) Now that your in the combine feature select "Add" from the Operation type.
2) Under bodies to combine you pick the X amount of bodies that are in your Solid bodies folder
3) Click OK and you should have 1 body, but in your case you should have 2 bodies, because you don't want to add the parent of the mirror.
If you still need further explaination let me know and I'll send you my model.
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
Using delete body instead of hiding the body has some advantages. The deleted body will not affect mass properties calculations. Also, the deleted body will not accidentally show up if the model is exported.
Try it! Take any part model, mirror a body about any plane, and use delete body to remove the original. Delete body works like a feature. It can be deleted, suppressed, or rolled back to restore the deleted body.
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES
BTW I want to apologize for any confusion I may have caused. I misunderstood the original post. I thought the entire body was mirrored, not just a single feature on the body.
I still stand by recommendation of using delete bodies vs. just hiding bodies, for the reasons listed in my previous post.
RE: MIRRORING & SEED FEATURES