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November 16, 2018
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Mirror half sheet metal part

  • November 16, 2018
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Is it possible to mirror half of a sheet metal part?  We often create solid parts in half, copy solid geometry, mirror the quilt, and solidify the quilt.  Is there a way to do something similar to this with a sheet metal part?  It seems that the solidify tool only wants to cut material away in a sheet metal part.  

Best answer by dgschaefer
@Mahesh_Sharma wrote:

@b-nappi

There is a mirror in Sheetmetal as well.

Create first half, Select  part name in model tree > Mirror 

That's a more robust way of mirroring solid parts as well.  Skips the surface copy step before mirroring and the solidify step after.

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Mahesh_Sharma
Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire I
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November 16, 2018

@b-nappi

There is a mirror in Sheetmetal as well.

Create first half, Select  part name in model tree > Mirror 

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dgschaefer21-Topaz IIAnswer
21-Topaz II
November 16, 2018
@Mahesh_Sharma wrote:

@b-nappi

There is a mirror in Sheetmetal as well.

Create first half, Select  part name in model tree > Mirror 

That's a more robust way of mirroring solid parts as well.  Skips the surface copy step before mirroring and the solidify step after.

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    b-nappi1-VisitorAuthor
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    November 16, 2018

    Thanks for the responses @Mahesh_Sharma @dgschaefer.  I think the reason we've avoided that kind of mirror is that it pulls the whole master with it, but I don't think that will a problem. 

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