Mirror Assembly

 

 

 

This command creates a mirror assembly. A mirror assembly is created from the composition of parts of another assembly on which other operations can be added. It will be symmetrical with respect to the original assembly (left part and right part).

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Select the Tools > Derivations > Mirror assembly... command from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Select the target project in the drop-down list.

  2. Validate.

  3. Select the entities to inherit by checking or unchecking.

  4. Also select if rigid groups, joints and forces of the main assembly have to be derived.

  5. Validate by clicking on .

 

 

  • If the geometry of the assembly parts used to make the derived part changes, the geometry of the equivalent parts in the derived assembly also changes.

  • Adding operations on parts of the derived assembly has not effect on the origin assembly.

  • If the mirror assembly must no longer follow the modifications of the original geometry, use copy / Paste instead of the mirror assembly function.

  • If the origin assembly is a mechanism, the mirror assembly will also be one with the same groups and joints. Joints are kept.

  • An assembly with local parts or assemblies (for example when repeated and trimmed) can not be mirrored.

  • The plane of symmetry of derived assembly will always be OXZ and it will be impossible to change it.

 

 

 

 

Modifications / Additional information:

 

Contextually on the mirrored assembly, you can Edit the entities to inherit. The Edit derivation command is also available in the tools menu.

 

 

Strict:

This mode only concerns the management of parts or sub-assemblies included in the main assembly AFTER creating the mirror assembly.

  • If the mode is checked, the mirror assembly will become invalid if a part or a sub-assembly without a part or a mirror assembly, or a plane symmetry or a revolution symmetry  is added in the main assembly.

  • If this mode is not checked, the inclusion in the main assembly of parts or sub-assemblies without symmetry definition or without mirror part or assembly will not change the mirror assembly to invalid.

 

 

Whatever the chosen mode, if the assembly has a local sub-assembly or a local part, its derivative will be invalid.