a stupid question

a stupid question:is it possibile coping a component inside an ASSEMBLY by
a "mirrow" operation ??? Of COurse the assembly had a simmetry plane .
edoardo

 

coping a component inside an ASSEMBLY by

While working in assembly, when you use the "Create a component in assembly
mode" toolbutton the "Component Create" dialog that opens has a Mirror Sub-type.

 

Are you looking to create an opposite hand part from an asymmetrical,
existing part? In other words, a handed part. Or are you simply interested
in locating/placing a symmetrical, existing part as a copy with the original
part filename by mirroring it?

Ron M.

 

yes,Ron,exactly;you guessed.
edoardo.

 

To mirror a component in an assebly (i.e., create a left hand part from a right
hand one), go to 'Insert>Component>Create' and click the Mirror radio button.
You'll get another interface that prompts you for two things: the part to mirror
and the symmetry plane. There are also radio buttons that let you select either to
create a 'Copy' (independent) or a 'Reference' part. This latter type is the
trickiest. In some ways it is very handy because any change you make to the
original shows up in the reference part with a regen of the assembly. But it also
greatly restricts what you can do with the mirrored part. You can not, for
example, independently adjust any features because attempting to edit/edit
definition sends you back to the original. You can't even independently adjust
assembly location or constraints. 'Copy' is quite different. No features
dependencies are created between the left to right hand models; an assembly
dependency exists at first but is eliminated upon redefinition of the mirrored
component.