Mirror Sheet Metal Part Solidworks

15 replies troy peterson aug 18 2009 12 10 pm.

Mirror sheet metal part solidworks.

Solidworks 2018 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead click help use solidworks web help. Those bends are extended. The copied sheet metal features are added to the featuremanager design tree of the new part. Could it be related to a service pack or.

Create a plane that is centered between the two edges of the base flange. Solidworks sheet metal forming tools form verme araçları duration. The copied sheet metal features are added to the featuremanager design tree of the new part. If you do a forum search for sheet metal mirror and or sheetmetal mirror there are many threads on this topic.

The mirror part command lets you create a new part by mirroring a sheet metal part. When you mirror features and bodies in a sheet metal part many of the bends are mirrored as well. You can copy the features of the original part to the mirrored part by breaking the link to the original part. It will only accept a face of the sheet metal part as the mirror plane not even a bend face.

Creating mirrored sheet metal parts. The mirror part command lets you create a new part by mirroring a sheet metal part. Click one of the following sheet metal features on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal. Click insert mirror part.

Create and dimension the sketch in a way that allows you to use an existing plane to mirror the sheet metal feature. The only bends that are not mirrored are those that are normal to and coincident to the mirror plane. Mirroring sheet metal. How to mirror a part in solidworks tutorial duration.

You can copy the features of the original part to the mirrored part by breaking the link to the original part. Introduced in solidworks 2015 when creating mirrored versions of sheet metal parts it is now possible to transfer the sheet metal and flat pattern information from the original part to the mirrored part saving you a huge amount of time during the drafting phase.