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Mirror Feature PropertyManager

To mirror a feature:

  1. Click Mirror (Features toolbar) or Insert > Pattern/Mirror > Mirror.
  2. Under Mirror Face/Plane , select a face or a plane in the graphics area.

    You can select features, the faces that comprise features, or a body with multibody parts.

    • To use features: Under Features to Mirror , click one or more features in the model or use the flyout in the FeatureManager design tree.
    • To mirror the entire model: Under Bodies to Mirror , select a model in the graphics area. The mirrored model attaches to the face you select.
    • To use faces: Under Faces to Mirror , in the graphics area click the faces that comprise the feature you want to mirror. Faces to Mirror is useful with imported parts where the import process included the faces of the feature, but not the feature itself.
    • To mirror a pattern on multibody parts:
      1. Under Features to Mirror , select the pattern from the FeatureManager design tree.
      2. Under Options, select Geometry pattern.
      3. Under Feature Scope, specify which bodies you want the feature to affect.
    • To use bodies: Under Bodies to Mirror , in the graphics area select the body you want to mirror.
  3. If you select Bodies to Mirror, the following Options appear:
    Option Description
    Merge solids When you select a face on a solid part, and clear the Merge solids check box, you can create a mirrored body that is attached to the original body, but is a separate entity. If you select Merge solids, the original part and the mirrored part become a single entity.
    Knit surfaces If you select to mirror a surface by attaching the mirror face to the original face without intersections or gaps between the surfaces, you can select Knit surfaces to knit the two surfaces together.
  4. If you want to mirror only the geometry (faces and edges) of the features, rather than solving the whole feature, select Geometry Pattern.

    The geometry pattern option speeds up the creation and rebuilding of the pattern. However, you cannot create geometry patterns of features that have faces merged with the rest of the part. To mirror a feature pattern on multibody parts, you must select Geometry Pattern.

    The geometry pattern is only available with Features to Mirror and Faces to Mirror.

  5. To mirror the visual properties of the mirrored entities (SOLIDWORKS colors, textures, and cosmetic thread data), select Propagate Visual Properties.
  6. Click OK .


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