I need some help with mirrored parts....

I have an assembly that I wish to also make mirrored version of. So I did the following steps to try and achieve this: I opened up 1 of the 3 sub-assemblies that needs a mirrored version of itself (the sub-assembly consists of the sheetmetal part and a component pattern of a pem nut). I then opened up the newly created mirrored version of the sub-assembly, and saw, as expected, in the feature manager, that the part was a reference of the original version, that's all no features shown. I then went to the main assembly and saw the new mirrored version of the sub-assembly in the feature manager. Then I wanted to add screws to attach the mirrored version to the unchanged parts onto the rest of the assembly. I did this by inserting the "seed" component into the assembly, then I put in the needed mate to attach the mirrored version of the sheetmetal part to the "seed" screw. I then intended to make component pattern of the screw, but since the mirrored part was mirrored, the feature manager of the part only showed the mirror reference to the original part. I was expecting to be able to select the hole pattern, but since it isn't listed, I couldn't select it. Any insight on how successfully accomplish my intent would be appreciated.

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joe
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This may not be the best but you can use the hole wizard and make a point for each hole and make them concentric. Thus recreating the holepatern over the origional.

Corey Scheich

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Corey Scheich

If the symmetry is the same as the first part you mirrored, you can use it's pattern as the seed. You might need to adjust the location of your seed component.

Matt B.

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Matthew A. Bush

I'm sorry I assumed that the original part was still in the assembly. You might try creating a separate configuration of your first part, suppressing the hole & pattern, then use that configuration to create your mirrored part & then put in a new hole & pattern.

Matt B.

sub-assembly

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Matthew A. Bush

wow, how'd that many posts show up, sorry about that

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joe

wow, how'd that many posts show up, sorry about that

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joe

wow, how'd that many posts show up, sorry about that

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joe

thank god its over : )

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neil

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