mirroring sheet metal parts

[adampunch]

Is there a way to make a mirrored image of a sheet metal part- so that i can have a left-hand and right-hand part? I'm running into problems when i use the mirror command. SW office professional 2006 insists that the mirrored body be merged with the existing body. This problem does not exist with regular parts.

I found a work-around where i complete the mirror and then extrude-cut the original part. Is there a better way to do this?

 

[smcadman]

The easiest way is to put the part in an assembly, pick a plane, and mirror. Insert > Mirror Components > make sure you have the check-box checked for "Mirrored component has left/right version".

SW06 SP5.0

Flores

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

adampunch ... What service pack are you using?

I am running SW06-SP5 and it will not let me select a body to create a mirror of an SM part. Also it will not let me select a face to mirror about ... it has to be a plane.

Can anyone else do this with SW06-SP5?

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Helpful SW websites faq559-520​

How to find answers ... faq559-1091​

SW2006-SP5 Basic ... No PDM​

 

[smcadman]

Yeah, that's what the SW06 SP5.0 means... By the way picking a face to mirror (in an assembly) instead of a plane like I said above works also.

SW06 SP5.0

Flores

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Flores ... please re-read my post

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Helpful SW websites faq559-520​

How to find answers ... faq559-1091​

SW2006-SP5 Basic ... No PDM​

 

[adampunch]

smcadman- thanks for the tip. It works out better to mirror the part in the assembly- this way i don't have to update 2 different files if the design of the part changes.

CBL- i'm using SP1. I could only mirror about an edge face (the thin face of the sheet) and not a main face of the part. SW would not let me mirror about another plane out in space.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Dohhhh ... of course.

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Helpful SW websites faq559-520​

How to find answers ... faq559-1091​

SW2006-SP5 Basic ... No PDM​

 

[dutch7777]

Just curious why you didn't do this in part mode.
Click face/plane then Insert/Mirror Part. I'm on 05
but it works just fine with sheetmetal parts...