I am having trouble Mirroring a part?

[texaspete]

Pro/e 2001 and Wirefire 1.0 says this "Error, some features of the part can not be mirrored." Does anyone know what causes this. I called PTC help - we tried changing the accuracy but that didn't work. I have "external references" but ALL are "independent". My accuracy is set to .0012, units are Millimeters. The math data is located between x value of 4400mm to 4700mm and down the y axis of 600mm to 700mm. z vaue of 1000mm to 1200mm The part is the outer lens of a tail lamp for a new truck.
Also, I talked to "PTC help" a second time and they said that Wildfire 3.0 has major improvements in mirroring data. I sent them the file and no reply - 2 days have passed.
Does anyone have any solution to mirroring a part. The goals is this mirror data and NOT mirror the coordinate system. Before the trouble began we would mirror the part in "PART or ".prt" mode. Then make a cut to remove the ENTIRE RH part then rename the file to the LH side and STEP the file out. We I tried the ASSEMBLY mirroring technique the part (before the trouble began) I send data to FORD and LH parts would have he wrong coordinated system orientation. FORD put and ASSEMBLY together "Default to Default".

Anyone comments or helpful hints are welcomed. Thanks Texaspete.

 

[cadcamguy]

Tex ... hey i grew up there

There was just a thread at Mcadcentral on this subject.. well close to it anyway.

Are there any thin sections?.. that seemed to be causing their problem

 

[HDS]

If you can live with a dumb part you could do a surface copy of the solid surfaces. Then mirror that.

You could also try the Warp tool. It has a mirror.

 

[SrGilberto]

I think I recall having trouble once mirroring a solid and my investigation (as I recall) uncovered that I had material protruding past my mirroring plane. Completing the mirror process would have caused there to be overlapping geometry. It's been some time ago so I'm just tapping into memory cells but I think that was my problem.

You might check your part for that situation. Also, I wonder if a draft on your part could cause a problem for pro-e.

(Just a couple of thoughts)

Regards,
SrGilberto

 

[HDS]

Have you tried both the new edit mirror command and the old copy mirror commands as well as the warp mirror?

 

[Moroso]

Texaspete,

I have Wildfire 3.0 loaded if you want me to give it a chance.

Let me know