Solidworks Mirror Sheet Metal Body

By default when creating a sheet metal body the thickness of the body is controlled by the part thickness.

Solidworks mirror sheet metal body.

You can use mirror to create a copy of one or more features mirrored about a face or a plane. In an existing sheet metal part click mirror on the features toolbar or click insert pattern mirror mirror. In parts you can mirror faces features and bodies. Mirrored part does not include flat pattern feature.

I just updated to sw09 sp4 1 and it won t mirror a sheet metal body about a plane either. Like show 0 likes 0. To mirror a sheet metal part. Break link to original part is not selected.

If you modify the original feature seed feature the mirrored copy is updated to reflect the changes. This video is unavailable. In assemblies you can mirror assembly features. If a message appears that says sheet metal features cannot be mirrored individually click ok.

As deepak noted the plane can be used for mirroring features but not the base flange. In the propertymanager select a plane of symmetry or a planar face as the mirror face plane. Mario iocco is a veteran cad user. Now you insert a mirror part with the sheet metal information option checked and still linked to the parent part fig.

In the propertymanager select a plane of symmetry or a planar face as the mirror face plane. In an existing sheet metal part click mirror on the features toolbar or click insert pattern mirror mirror. If a message appears that says sheet metal features cannot be mirrored individually click ok. Sheet metal is mirrored as any other solidworks part by selecting a face and using the insert mirror part command.

Technical customer support engineer solidworks americas. In an existing sheet metal part click mirror on the features toolbar or click insert pattern mirror mirror. The option break link to original part determines if the mirrored sheet metal will include flat pattern. In the propertymanager select a plane of symmetry or a planar face as the mirror face plane.