a stupid question

While working in assembly, when you use the "Create a component in assembly mode" toolbutton the "Component Create" dialog that opens has a Mirror Sub-type.

Are you looking to create an opposite hand part from an asymmetrical, existing part? In other words, a handed part. Or are you simply interested in locating/placing a symmetrical, existing part as a copy with the original part filename by mirroring it?

Ron M.

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To mirror a component in an assebly (i.e., create a left hand part from a right hand one), go to 'Insert>Component>Create' and click the Mirror radio button. You'll get another interface that prompts you for two things: the part to mirror and the symmetry plane. There are also radio buttons that let you select either to create a 'Copy' (independent) or a 'Reference' part. This latter type is the trickiest. In some ways it is very handy because any change you make to the original shows up in the reference part with a regen of the assembly. But it also greatly restricts what you can do with the mirrored part. You can not, for example, independently adjust any features because attempting to edit/edit definition sends you back to the original. You can't even independently adjust assembly location or constraints. 'Copy' is quite different. No features dependencies are created between the left to right hand models; an assembly dependency exists at first but is eliminated upon redefinition of the mirrored component.