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#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH HOW TO#
#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH SERIAL NUMBER#
#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH MANUAL#
#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH SERIES#

Therefore, these need to be filled manually. It’s a good idea to have the Custom Properties text file mirroring your variables, that enables a drop-down list of the correct property names.įor reasons unknown the part file data card is empty even after check-in process. It is impossible to fix this on file properties tab. Be aware that it’s possible to fix file properties in the configuration tab only. Secondly, fill the data card as much as possible and then use file properties to fill fields that are locked in the data card. “Fromparent” is everywhere and this is a huge pain to get rid of.įirstly, fix maters or the parts into place.

Quite often even details might end up in the wrong location.Īnd just to show how badly this works, the BOM created looks like this (top level only)! Most likely there will be a notification about mates that were impossible to create. Supposedly, it has been fixed in 2018, but we have not yet confirmed it ourselves. The most frustrating thing about this is that there is no option to deselect custom properties in the assembly, that is only available for parts.

#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH MANUAL#

NB! Keep in mind that when creating a mirror with the suffix, manual editing of the file names is required should someone copy the main assembly with the “copy tree” command!įrom here on, there are different options. Just copy the drawing files and change the references to the mirrored parts. This is probably more stable than using a mirror! Later it is possible to make drawings for the assembly and parts. Then copy (save as copy) the leg assembly and replace the leg weldment part. Workaround: Make a mirror from the part manually, as shown above. You can later rename it, but then the references must be manually fixed and this is a huge pain in the #¤%.

#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH SERIAL NUMBER#

NB! This must be known during the the copy tree and all manual changes for the mirrored parts must be made after the new serials have been assigned! Option B – Create New Filesīecause PDM is not able to correctly assign a serial number when a mirror part is saved as a separate part, it’s advised to use the suffix “m”. And then it becomes possible to make drawing files for mirrors with the suffix “m” as well. In short, file properties must be updated for configurations with the suffix “m” added to IDNumber. See “When using configuration strategy” in the middle of part one here. The same principles shall be used as when mirroring parts to the configuration. Option B – Create new files Option A – Create a New Derived Configuration in Existing Files Option A – Create a new derived configuration in existing files Luckily, toolbox items are deselected automatically!Īlso, SOLIDWORKS, it would be really helpful to have a god mode to make new, truly smart toolbox components. It’s essential to do this correctly the first time! Otherwise there would be a need to clean the library from excessive bushings in this case. The first thing to do would be to create an opposite hand mirror and then DESELECT all the items that are not required such as the bushings and the bracket as we only need a mirrored copy of the leg.

This is probably the worst combination you could come up with. Let’s take a look at an example where the entire sub-assembly is mirrored by only using the opposite hand for the yellow part. Assembly mirroring as of date may be step one towards unfathomable issues. When practicable, use the approaches shown in the previous chapters to combine for the mirroring you need. We will come back to this once we have tested this in SOLIDWORKS 2018 ourselves. As of SOLIDWORKS 2017 SP5 it’s still an issue. Part two – Making mirrored parts in an assemblyĪs of now this feature is still filled with bugs such as the “fromparent” issue in PDM that might be fixed for parts in 2018.Part one – Making a mirrored part directly from the original part (without using assembly features).

#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH SERIES#

This is part three of the three part series of posts on mirroring in SOLIDWORKS with the use of the PDM system. When you are finished, press ESC to exit the Mirror tool.Only follow this if you’re an advanced user and even then proceed with caution.

As you select entities, they are mirrored.

(You are prompted to select a mirror line.)

As soon as you click the mirror line, the sketch resolves:.

Select the line across which to mirror: a sketch line, a plane, or a part face or edge.

(You are prompted to select the mirror line.) Alternately, before you select any of the sketch entities, you could click the Mirror tool, select a line in which to use to mirror the entities, and then select the entities that you want mirrored. Next, click on the Mirror sketch tool, and then select the line that you wish to use to mirror the sketch entities. To use it, first, click and drag to select the entities that you wish to mirror. The Mirror tool creates a reflection of one or more selected sketch entities about a specific line.

#CAD MIRROR PORTION OF SKETCH HOW TO#

This video will show you how to use the Mirror sketch tool on the sketch toolbar.