Insert - Mirror Components - Mirrored Group not constrained

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I'm creating a u-bolt sub-assembly. I've got a FW, LW, & Nut all mated to each other & concentric to one leg. It's still free to move coaxially on the leg.

I then mirror the hardware about a plane of symmetry and the new components show up on the other leg. However, they have no mates and can move anywhere.

Is there any way to have them mirror and retain their relative position from the source group?

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

The mates will only be recreated between the copied parts, not to the other leg of the u-bolt. Set all the mates to each of the FW, LW & Nut originals (concentricity & mating faces) & then mate one of them concentric to the u-bolt leg.
When mirroring, ensure that the "Recreate mates" switch is set. You should then only need to add a concentric mate to the other u-bolt leg & a co-axial alignment between the original parts.

Does this help?


CorBlimeyLimey, Barrie, Ontario.
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[SBaugh]

If you have checked the Recreate mates (while mirroring) it will try to recreate them. If it can't you will get a message indicating which mates could not be recreated and from there you can try to repair them before the command is finished.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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