Mirrored parts and their drawings?

[linqur]

What is the mainstream practice with mirrored parts?
Do you make drawing just for the main part?
How do machinists coupe then with making
mirrored parts form one drawing?

WBR,
Linqur

 

[dsi]

Typically, we just produce one drawing and indicate that the second part is of the opposite hand.

I guess it would really depend on what the vendor needs. Does the vendor use the solid model with a CAD/CAM package to generate machine code? Your best bet would be to discuss this with the vendor (machinist). It should all come down to the cost of doing business. If it costs you $100 to make a second drawing and saves $200 in production time, make two drawings. If the vendor will not pass the cost savings down to you, don't. DimensionalSolutions@Core.com
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[linqur]

Agree with you. It comes down to money.
Our parts are "suitable" for being machined by "hand",
meaning not in CAM.
But if we come to this two drawing option..
How difficult would it be to programmatically
create the other drawing?
Are the mirrored part's solid features (edges, planes etc)
named as in master part? Could I read the master drawing
and then create drawing for mirrored through API by just
querying the master's annotaions, dimensions, etc?

Linqur

 

[dsi]

I am not sure of that. The dimensions do not seem to be accessible through the base mirrored model. Can you create a drawing template for the mirrored part and use the API to update it? It should just be a matter of rebuilding. Another option may be to try copying the original drawing and changing the reference to the mirrored part. I have not tried this, so I'm obviously not sure if it would work. DimensionalSolutions@Core.com
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[linqur]

I tried to change references. It did not work
Linqur

 

[dsi]

You didn't really want it to be easy, did you?

Unfortunately, that's about all I have in my bag on the issue. Maybe someone else will chime in on the question.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help. [flush] DimensionalSolutions@Core.com
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