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Gavin_Lewis10-Marble
10-Marble
November 1, 2022
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Merge mirrored sheetmetal pieces

  • November 1, 2022
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I have modeled half of a sheetmetal part. I then selected the part in the model tree and mirrored it. In the options for the mirror I have selected "Merge to model". How do I join these two parts along the seam created by the mirror, on the top surface? I would have thought that "Merge walls" was the tool I needed, but I can't get that to work with any combination of selected surfaces.

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Best answer by Gavin_Lewis

Figured it out. The plane I was using to mirror was offset incorrectly. This resulted in slight gap between the original and mirrored halves, which prevented them from merging together during the mirror.

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tbraxton
22-Sapphire II
tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
November 1, 2022

When you mirror the part is the mirror creating a new body? If not and there is only 1 body in the model, then more info would be needed to figure it out.

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Gavin_Lewis10-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
November 1, 2022

No, a new body is not created. The mirror just shows up as a feature in the model tree.

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Gavin_Lewis10-MarbleAuthorAnswer
10-Marble
November 1, 2022

Figured it out. The plane I was using to mirror was offset incorrectly. This resulted in slight gap between the original and mirrored halves, which prevented them from merging together during the mirror.

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