7 Replies Latest reply on Oct 3, 2011 10:28 AM by Glenn Schroeder

Rotating an assembly

Luke Harris Oct 3, 2011 8:25 AM

Hey all. Im having trouble with a few things in my solidworks assembly. I'm pretty amatuer and clueless in all respects of solidworks, but this particular issue is really bugging me and is important i resolve it! Basically i have created an assembly, and i want to rotate the entire assemlby, then copy and paste it.i seem not to be able to copy and paste the entire assembly? I have tried mirroring it, yet despite using the same plane for all parts, i seem to get an exploded mirror, so again, the parts are all over the place! (see below). I'm sure i will be told it is to do with the mates in some way (which i am SO CLUELESS about). In which case it would be amazing if osme one could advise me on how to mate parts in such a way that the entire assembly (in this case a stool) could be easily copied multiple times, mirrored etc without such a disaster!

so here i have mirrored the entire assembly to the plane on the left of the triangle. Instead of an exact replicate, the assembly mirrors and disassembles into a crazy mess???

Thanks in advance!,

Luke

Re: Rotating an assembly

Brian Watts Oct 3, 2011 7:55 AM (in response to Luke Harris)

Hi Luke,

If you could attach the assembly to this post then perhaps we can take a closer look at your request.

Happy Days...Brian
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  Luke Harris Oct 3, 2011 8:05 AM (in response to Brian Watts)
  
  There you go Brian, have a go on that.
  Cheers in advance,
  Luke
  
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    Brian Watts Oct 3, 2011 8:19 AM (in response to Luke Harris)
    
    Luke,
    
    You need to attach the parts that make up the assembly as well!
    
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      Luke Harris Oct 3, 2011 8:24 AM (in response to Brian Watts)
      
      oops, my amatuerishness coming into play again! ha ha
      
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        Brian Watts Oct 3, 2011 9:34 AM (in response to Luke Harris)
        
        Luke,
        
        Your chair assembly had a few errors regading the side panel.
        
        Ok, with the mirroring, select the side panel, and you have the option to create this as an opposite hand, hence what I belive is what you are looking for.
        
        Hope this helps.
        
        Mk2_Chair Assembly.zip 518.0 KB
        
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Re: Rotating an assembly

John Stoltzfus Oct 3, 2011 9:26 AM (in response to Luke Harris)
Good morning Luke,

In the center of the triangle sketch make either a vertical axis or a vertical sketch and do a circular pattern at three equally spaced instances, then select the side pc and it should pattern what you need.

Later,

John

PS: Forgot to add the file, What I did is added a hole in the top face and then used the hole temporary axis as the pivot point on the pattern

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Re: Rotating an assembly

Glenn Schroeder Oct 3, 2011 10:28 AM (in response to Luke Harris)

Luke,

I'm at home and don't have SW here so I can't open your file, but I have a suggestion. When you get your original assembly the way you want it, save it, then start a new assembly. You can then insert the sub-assembly into the new assembly and mate it where you want it to be. Then you can mirror it without it getting out of shape, use the Linear Pattern function, or insert multiple instances of the sub-assembly, whichever best fits your situation.

Good luck,
Glenn
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