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Catia V5 Mirroring of catparts..
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Yes.
Copy -> Paste (in new CATPart) -> As Result with Link.
Then, just mirror it, and make your modifications accodingly. The basis for the mirrored part will always be the half you mirrored it from - but then that's what "mirror" parts are.
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Hi,
Yes, it can be done if you proceed like I said.
The point is to create (mirror) the left handed part with all features of the original part, with new from procedure, but you will not have any link between left and right handed CATPart.
If you want to have a link between these CATParts, you need to copy-paste as result with link all features, mirror and then add new features to the mirrored CATPart.
Regards
Fernando
Yes, it can be done if you proceed like I said.
The point is to create (mirror) the left handed part with all features of the original part, with new from procedure, but you will not have any link between left and right handed CATPart.
If you want to have a link between these CATParts, you need to copy-paste as result with link all features, mirror and then add new features to the mirrored CATPart.
Regards
Fernando
No sweat, Ferdo. That just means that 2 people agree, and that's a good thing, right?
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sleske,
After trying for awhile to do what you're trying to do, I've come to the conclusion that the best thing is the start from scratch and re-model the left side similar to the right-side.
The symmetry only works with both parts are exactly the same.
The time you save by using symmetry is lost when you try to edit the LH part.
The closest I've come to finding a good solution is to make a NEW FROM copy for the LH part, and then go through the features in the tree and do one of the following:
- reverse direction of Pads/Pockets
- symmetry sketches
- reverse draft direction
- etc.
PS: if you do have parts that are exact mirror images of each other, the symmetry tool in Assembly Design work pretty well.
After trying for awhile to do what you're trying to do, I've come to the conclusion that the best thing is the start from scratch and re-model the left side similar to the right-side.
The symmetry only works with both parts are exactly the same.
The time you save by using symmetry is lost when you try to edit the LH part.
The closest I've come to finding a good solution is to make a NEW FROM copy for the LH part, and then go through the features in the tree and do one of the following:
- reverse direction of Pads/Pockets
- symmetry sketches
- reverse draft direction
- etc.
PS: if you do have parts that are exact mirror images of each other, the symmetry tool in Assembly Design work pretty well.
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