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Mirroring Assembly Problems

Question asked by Troy Criswell on Jul 3, 2013
Latest reply on Jul 16, 2013 by Peter De Vlieger

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I am trying to mirror an assembly that was built and constrained to a sketch. When I do the mirror command, some pieces mirror correctly and others are turned upside down or inside out. I am wondering if this is caused from the original model being contstrained to that sketch? I ask that because the constraints in the mirrored assembly do not appear to be "valid" and nothing is constrained any more.

is there a way to mirror an assembly without having to go thru every piece and select the "opposite hand" option for the ones that are backwards, upside down,etc. Also, can the sketch be mirrored as well if THAT is what is holding the assembly together?

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Jerry Steiger Jul 15, 2013 7:18 PM

Troy,

It's hard to say without your assembly, or at least a picture of it, to say if there is a problem with the mirror that is caused by the sketch itself, although it seems very unlikely to me.

You can't mirror the sketch as part of a mirror feature. You might be able to create a copy of the sketch and then use the Sketch Tools/Modify to mirror the copied sketch.

Jerry S.

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Peter De Vlieger Jul 16, 2013 5:44 AM

To my experience mirroring of an assembly doesn't always result in a mirror version but indeed something backwards, upside down or upside down backwards and not all parts or sub-assemblies have even the same orientation.

In some cases, like you, I could make it behave by going thru every piece to adjust the orientation, sometimes by doing that to some parts and making a different mirror with the 'opposite hand' version of other parts/sub-assemblies.

There is a kind of logic to it. Probably.

However I for one have a hard time believing that it is intended behaviour.

A mirror version of something should be a mirror version. If one then wants something a bit different then the options would be welcome. Having to jump thru hoops to get a simple mirror only wastes time and produces lots of aggro.

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Jerry Steiger Jul 15, 2013 7:18 PM
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Troy,

It's hard to say without your assembly, or at least a picture of it, to say if there is a problem with the mirror that is caused by the sketch itself, although it seems very unlikely to me.

You can't mirror the sketch as part of a mirror feature. You might be able to create a copy of the sketch and then use the Sketch Tools/Modify to mirror the copied sketch.

Jerry S.
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Peter De Vlieger Jul 16, 2013 5:44 AM
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To my experience mirroring of an assembly doesn't always result in a mirror version but indeed something backwards, upside down or upside down backwards and not all parts or sub-assemblies have even the same orientation.

In some cases, like you, I could make it behave by going thru every piece to adjust the orientation, sometimes by doing that to some parts and making a different mirror with the 'opposite hand' version of other parts/sub-assemblies.

There is a kind of logic to it. Probably.
However I for one have a hard time believing that it is intended behaviour.
A mirror version of something should be a mirror version. If one then wants something a bit different then the options would be welcome. Having to jump thru hoops to get a simple mirror only wastes time and produces lots of aggro.
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