Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Changing the reference of mirrored parts
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Is it possible to change the reference of a mirrored part? I've already tried to edit the reference by clicking the reference button in the 'file open' window but the mirrored part seems to ignore this and maintain it's original link.
Tim
Tim






RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Tim
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Wish I had better news for you.
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Good Idea!
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
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RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Whoever designed this part and assembly didn't use nice reference planes. I'm guessing that they designed everything in context and maybe later chopped it up into sub-assys.
I'm trying to avoid having to re-dimension a new drawing of the 'old' part.
1. PartA_rev1 -> MirroredPartA_rev1
2. Make change to PartA_rev1 and do a save-as to PartA_rev2
3. However MirroredPartA_rev1 now looks at PartA_rev2 and the part history is lost.
4. Good thing is that the original part drawing is still good and just requires minor changes to make it OK
Now for other scenario...
1. PartA_rev1 -> MirroredPartA_rev1
2. Make change to PartA_rev1 and do a save-as COPY to PartA_rev2
3. Now because there was some funky plane chosen as the mirror plane - when I create the MirrorPartA_rev2 - the manufacturing drawing is all messed up because the views are all in the wrong orientation.
4. Good thing though is that the original parts and drawings are still intact.
I've worked around it by saving a copy of the mirrored part and then pasting it back in.
Hopefully it not too confusing. Sure is for me...:)
Tim
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
External refernces can be selective about which configuration that you are interested in using.
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Tim
RE: Changing the reference of mirrored parts
Happy hunting
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com