"Please try mirroring a body."

[TheFerruccio]

Sorry guys,

I'm only posting here when I exhaust my search capabilities elsewhere. I usually just Google search the error and find the solution. The fact that I have had to come here twice might imply that there are rarely questions asked about the SolidWorks Sheet Metal features, which are the tutorials I am going through right now, in the program's help files.

I'm trying to mirror a sheet metal piece about a face I made. It gives me the following error:

"This Sheet Metal feature cannot be mirrored individually. Please try mirroring a body."

What is a body? Isn't the body the main part of my part tree? For instance, if I named the file "Cover" isn't the body, in this case, "Cover?" I have clicked every surface, extrude, miter flange, etc, and it gives me the error above. If I click the base part "Cover," nothing happens. It doesn't get added to the "features to mirror."

Which part in a sheet metal tree is the "body?" I have followed this tutorial exactly, and I think I have clicked everything in the tree, and nothing wants to be mirrored.

 

[AnnaWood]

Select the Body from your cut list.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
SW2011 SP5, Windows 7 x64

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[AnnaWood]

Let's try this again.

See attached picture.

Anna Wood
SW2011 SP5, Windows 7 x64

http://www.renderbay.com

http://www.solidmuse.com

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[TheFerruccio]

Thanks! That's perfect and it worked. I also used the option "Bodies to Mirror" instead of "Features to Mirror." The tutorial did not specify that, nor did it specify to select the body under that table logo. I would not have thought to look there.