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MirrorComponents Method (IAssemblyDoc)

Mirrors the specified components in this assembly.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function MirrorComponents( _
   ByVal Plane As Object, _
   ByVal ComponentsToInstance As Object, _
   ByVal ComponentsToMirror As Object, _
   ByVal MirroredComponentFilenames As Object, _
   ByVal RecreateMates As Boolean, _
   ByVal ComponentModifier As Integer, _
   ByVal ComponentNameModifier As String, _
   ByVal MirroredFileLocation As String, _
   ByVal CopyCustomProperties As Boolean _
) As Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IAssemblyDoc
Dim Plane As Object
Dim ComponentsToInstance As Object
Dim ComponentsToMirror As Object
Dim MirroredComponentFilenames As Object
Dim RecreateMates As Boolean
Dim ComponentModifier As Integer
Dim ComponentNameModifier As String
Dim MirroredFileLocation As String
Dim CopyCustomProperties As Boolean
Dim value As Object
 
value = instance.MirrorComponents(Plane, ComponentsToInstance, ComponentsToMirror, MirroredComponentFilenames, RecreateMates, ComponentModifier, ComponentNameModifier, MirroredFileLocation, CopyCustomProperties)
C# 
object MirrorComponents( 
   object Plane,
   object ComponentsToInstance,
   object ComponentsToMirror,
   object MirroredComponentFilenames,
   bool RecreateMates,
   int ComponentModifier,
   string ComponentNameModifier,
   string MirroredFileLocation,
   bool CopyCustomProperties
)
C++/CLI 
Object^ MirrorComponents( 
&   Object^ Plane,
&   Object^ ComponentsToInstance,
&   Object^ ComponentsToMirror,
&   Object^ MirroredComponentFilenames,
&   bool RecreateMates,
&   int ComponentModifier,
&   String^ ComponentNameModifier,
&   String^ MirroredFileLocation,
&   bool CopyCustomProperties
) 

Parameters

Plane
Plane or planar face about which to mirror the components
ComponentsToInstance
Array of instances of the component to mirror
ComponentsToMirror
Array of components to mirror
MirroredComponentFilenames
Array of filenames for the newly created mirrored assemblies or parts
RecreateMates
True to preserve any mates between the selected components if more than one component is to be mirrored, false to not
ComponentModifier
Prefix or suffix for the newly mirrored components if MirroredComponentFilenames is not specified, as defined by swMirrorComponentNameModifier_e
ComponentNameModifier
String to add to the prefix or suffix of the name of the newly mirrored component if MirroredComponentFilenames is not specified
MirroredFileLocation

Name of the folder where to store the file of the newly created mirrored components

CopyCustomProperties
True to copy the custom properties from the selected components to the mirrored components, false to not

Return Value

Array of the newly created components
 

See Also

Availability

SolidWorks 2008 FCS, Revision Number 16.0


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