Solidworks Mirror Sheet Metal Feature

To mirror a sheet metal part.

Solidworks mirror sheet metal feature.

Search performance improvements in sheet metal in the solidworks knowledge base. I am guessing you or someone created this part by using a mirror component feature from inside an assembly. Maryle your first image appears to be a solid body that does not contain any sheet metal features in the feature tree. You can use mirror to create a copy of one or more features mirrored about a face or a plane.

If you modify the original feature seed feature the mirrored copy is updated to reflect the changes. 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. Click mirror on the features toolbar or click insert pattern mirror mirror.

In assemblies you can mirror assembly features. This solidworks training video covers mirroring sheet metal bodies in solidworks as well. Under features to mirror select the sheet metal feature for features to mirror. Simply you can create the opposite hand versions of the your design model.

Solidworks mirror is feature tool used mainly for creating copy of a sketch part assembly sheetmetal weldments etc in the opposite side by the reference of face or plane. If a message appears that says sheet metal features cannot be mirrored individually click ok. If a message appears that says sheet metal features cannot be mirrored individually click ok. In the propertymanager select a plane of symmetry or a planar face as the mirror face plane.

In the propertymanager select a plane of symmetry or a planar face as the mirror face plane. This reduces the time to flatten complex sheet metal bodies with many flanges by about 20 25 times.