How To Mirror A Part In Solidworks And Delete Original

In assemblies when you mirror a component you can create an opposite hand version of it positioned symmetrically about a plane.

How to mirror a part in solidworks and delete original. Alright so i have mirrored other parts successfully after running into this problem but there is one lofted boss base on a part i have that when i mirror it successfully does so but the original disappears. This is a modal window. Editing a mirror component feature. Click insert mirror part.

Select the face or plane you want to mirror the part about. Because the mirrored version is derived from the original version the two parts always match. Mirror part creates a mirrored version of an existing part. I ve tried then mirroring the new part that appears and it doesn t allow me to do that.

Beginning of dialog window. When working in an assembly users can mirror components by using the mirror components feature. You can edit mirror component features to add or delete components and make other changes. From the sw menu select insert mirror part.

Click insert mirror part. If you have your settings set to prompt user to select document template select a new part template from the new sw document dialog. Otherwise a new part template will automatically open. This is a good way to create a left hand version and a right hand version of a part.

There is a box break link to original part be sure to check it. A new part window appears. Escape will cancel and close the window. The insert part propertymanager appears.

In an open part document click a model face or plane about which to mirror the part. Dissolving a mirror component feature. How to mirror a part and discard the original in solidworks. In an open part document click a model face or plane about which to mirror the part.

Just re mirror your part if you don t want to do that i think you can right click on the part in the feature tree and select list external references in the pop up window there is a button to break all. However if you delete the original component solidworks also deletes the mirrored component because it s a child of the original component. Jim everything you said is possible except the drawing auto update assuming without errors to the mirrored geometry.