Hi all,
As we seen the mirrored part in the sketch can be copied or just mirrored without copy, but I haven't seen any option similar to that in assembly. Can anyone please provide some details regarding that?
Thanks
Naga Ranjithkumar A
Hi all,
As we seen the mirrored part in the sketch can be copied or just mirrored without copy, but I haven't seen any option similar to that in assembly. Can anyone please provide some details regarding that?
Thanks
Naga Ranjithkumar A
Hi Glenn,
I am thankful. I have tried that option but it didn't helped my work.
To be very clear, I have 10 components in an assembly, in which 5 of them are on the left, 3 of them are on the right and 2 are on the top. Now I want to move right side components to left and top side to bottom with out having the original components(i.e., original components have to get deleted by itself or we have to delete manually).
Thanks and Regards
Naga Ranjithkumar A
You can mirror the components in the Assembly, but if you then delete the original components the mirrored ones will be deleted also. Your best option will probably be to edit the mates holding the original components in place instead of mirroring and deleting them. I hope this addresses your problem, but I'm not sure.
Thanks for your help, but that doesn't solve my problem. I have to delete the original parts.
You can create a new configuration of the same part:
Original part:
Mirrored body (Merge solids must be unchecked)
Mirrored part with original body deleted:
I am glad to hear from you Vladimir. The information you provided is for part designig but I am interested to know in assembly the parts need to be mirrored and original part needs to be deleted or skipped.
Thanks
Naga Ranjithkumar A
Naga Ranjith Kumar Addagalla wrote:
Thanks for your help, but that doesn't solve my problem. I have to delete the original parts.
You could hide them instead of deleting. Will that work for you?
No mirror required for this part in assembly.
Insert the same part where you need. Then choice the desired configuration (original or mirrored part) for every item.
I am thankful.
To be very clear, I have 10 components in an assembly, in which 5 of them are on the left, 3 of them are on the right and 2 are on the top. Now I want to move right side components to left and top side to bottom with out having the original components(i.e., original components have to get deleted by itself or we have to delete manually). Please provide the solution without getting the parts again i.e., using some assembly feature.
Thanks and Regards
Naga Ranjithkumar A
If I hide it, the quantity is getting updated in the BOM and If I suppress it again I have to mate all other parts which are linked. So, I think it's not a good option for my task.
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Naga Ranjithkumar A
First you have to learn the technique how to create and work with configurations - powerful tolls will help you in many other situations too.
2016 SOLIDWORKS Help - Configurations
How to work with configurations #1 SOLIDWORKS Tutorials (Configurations) - YouTube
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Not sure this is what you want. But if you right click on the feature in the tree you can dissolve the mirror and then could delete the one you want leaving the other.
was going to write the same thing.
only problem with dissolving mirrors & patterns is - that they don't hold any mates or relations that parent parts had.
Naga Ranjith Kumar Addagalla wrote:
I am thankful.
To be very clear, I have 10 components in an assembly, in which 5 of them are on the left, 3 of them are on the right and 2 are on the top. Now I want to move right side components to left and top side to bottom with out having the original components(i.e., original components have to get deleted by itself or we have to delete manually). Please provide the solution without getting the parts again i.e., using some assembly feature.
Thanks and Regards
Naga Ranjithkumar A
I'm curious about something. Why are you so insistent on this workflow? Why not just place the original parts where you need them to be and not do the Mirror?
When I tried it they seemed to be mated, that was a question Solidworks asked me. But I did on part them Mirrored it so to know if the mates were really there after I deleted one I would have had to put in more parts.
I have done that, but when I am deleting the original part, mirrored part also getting deleted
Thanks
Naga Ranjithkumar A
Then RMB on the Mirror function in your assembly tree and select "dissolve".
This will remove the mirror and add the mirrored component as if it were a regular component. Then you should be able to delete the original.
If I have one part or some countable number of parts it is good for me to do like that, but if I have more than countable. I have to take long time to work. So, I am preferring to mirror and delete.
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Naga Ranjithkumar A
Hi Dan,
A good idea, but can be used to create a new configuration (or new mirrored part) because the original part is still required too.
Try it out. Basically, it creates a new part with a mirror step at the end.
If a new part creates automatically it solves the issue.
Hi Dan,
I like your idea and I have done the procedure accordingly, but I have seen a problem with mates. This also creates problem to my solution. I need the mates should also mirrored accordingly. Please provide the solution.
Because, as I have asked if the parts are non-countable then mating each and every component will be tough task in the assembly.
Thanks
Naga Ranjithkumar A
Sure for a new parts have a new ID's and old mates must me replaced.
The same part with configurations keeps mates if use Datum Planes for mates.
Naga Ranjith Kumar Addagalla wrote:
Now I want to move right side components to left and top side to bottom with out having the original components(i.e., original components have to get deleted by itself or we have to delete manually). Please provide the solution without getting the parts again i.e., using some assembly feature.
Almost sounds like you just want to rotate the screen image such that some parts on the right look like they are on the left and some parts on the top look like they are on the bottom.
Rotate the screen and save the view.
What if you make a sub assembly of all the components that need mirroring? Then mirror the sub assembly. Then dissolve the mirror.
If you are creating an opposite hand version, then you only have the sub assembly to mate at the end.
I'm not sure what you want, but if you need to create a mirrored version of a component in an Assembly, click the little blue arrow at the top of the Mirror Components Property Manager and there will be an option near the bottom to create an opposite hand version.