Mirror

[garrity]

I would like to mirror and entire part without making the mirror a copy. In otherwords I don't want the geometry to also remain in it's original positions. Any ideas if this can be done ?


Thanks

 

[design-engine]

select the model tree select the part. Then while that is selected hit the mirror tool.

welcome to the forum. I see its your first post.

 

[garrity]

Bart. Thanks for the response. It is a sheetmetal part so therefore I must select the part in the tree and the Edit + Mirror. That works fine for me however I don't want it to be a copy (so now I have 2 versions). I only want the mirrored version. Maybe it's a limitation of Wildfire 3.0.

 

[kdem]

If I understand what you want correctly, in WF3 select File>Mirror Part. In the dialog box select the Include all Feature Data option. You should then be able to delete the part you are mirroring.

 

[design-engine]

are you trying to mirror a part in the assembly or you modeled half of the product and you want symmetry?I'm confused now.

I just did it to a lego part and there is no copy associated to the mirror.
Edited by: design-engine

 

[lacoss34]

Is there a way to mirror the majority of the part keeping some of the features dependent(outside surfaces) and remove say certain other inside features? or make them independent?


Does that make sense?

 

[kdem]

In WF3 and WF4 when you select the Include all feature data the featureswill show in the model tree. You can delete the ones you don't want.

 

[lacoss34]

That's great! So say I want the out side of this part to remain tied to the original part that I mirrored from(overall shape)? So if I change the overall shape from the right sided part and want the left side to update tothat.


Then I would like to have the ability to modify some minor features on the left side but don't want them in the right side. Can this be done?


Thanks

 

[kdem]

If you select Include all feature data the mirrored part features will be independent of the original part so they wont update if you change a dimension in the original. You could use assembly relations to makedimensions equal. You may also want to determine which features need to be exactly the same in both parts, mirror that geometry using theGeometry Dependent option, and then add the additional features or features that require different dimensions to the mirrored part.

 

[lacoss34]

Thanks, I'll give that a try and see if it reacts like I'd like it too.