Hello all. I want to mirror a part. Sorry if this has been asked to death already. I want to create a new part mirrored from one already created. BUT, I dont want it to be linked to the original. All I can seem to do is a derived sort of part that wont allow me to change it. I want to be able to completely change the second part (not just add to it) without the first part be changed. Is that possible. Thank you all for the great information............
Mirrored Part
Jul 07, 2003
4 Replies
Mirror, then brake external references. (in: 'in-context edit', or close to that, I do not know the exact term in English)
JM
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What we do is mirror all in the part file and remove(cut) the first half away. Yes it is kind of a hoaky work around but it works.
1) Do a "save as" on your original part to a different filename. 2) Insert pattern/mirror 3) Pick a face or plane to mirror about, then expand the "bodies to mirror" selection box and un-check merge solids. 4) In the feature tree expand the bodies folder and select the body you don't want, the original, and delete it.
Roland
Thanks for the info. I tried that and got errors on chamfer and radius. It did not mirror the part. Its not a very complex part either. No curved surfaces, just simple orthagonal geometries. How did you select the features that you wanted mirrored. I selected the surface to mirro about and then windowed the entire part to select all that I wanted.
Tnak you
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