How To Mirror A Part In Solidworks

In an open part document click a model face or plane about which to mirror the part.

How to mirror a part in solidworks.

You can use the mirrored part in an assembly without having to use the original part. Open the part select a plane select the menu command insert mirror part you must have the plane selected or the command will be greyed out. 2 save this part make a copy of it open the copy and make the adjustments then mirror it without leaving a copy behind. Explore our library of solidworks tutorials today.

This creates a mirror with only a single parent the original part. The mirror entities feature can be found under the sketch tab in the command manager or in tools sketch tools mirror. There are issues with most of the other methods. I ll select a face and then go to the insert drop down menu and click mirror part.

There are two mirror functions available in while working with 2d sketches mirror entities and dynamic mirror. When selected the mirror feature will ask you to pick the entities you want to mirror in this example the blue entities the line of symmetry you want to. In an open part document click a model face or plane about which to mirror the part. Quick tip presented by matt aten of.

The insert part propertymanager appears. A new part window appears. When i do the mirrored part. Finally open a new assembly and put the 2 sides together.

To create the mirrored part you first have to select the face or the plane you want to mirror the part about or else you wont be able to activate the command. Using the mirror part feature lets you create a left hand version of the existing part without having to model it from the ground up. Solidworks guru toby schnaars shows just how simple it is to mirror a part in solidworks. Click insert mirror part.

Upvote 1 upvoted 2 downvote 0 downvoted 1. 1 make the other side of the part manually i e. This step is crucial because otherwise the mirror part feature will be unavailable. Click insert mirror part.

This lesson teaches you how you can create a mirrored version of a component in solidworks.