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Re: Can a variable in a Part Studio be used in an Assembly?

Thanks David_YL_Nguyen. Solved my problem moving part studio variables into a variable studio. Seems like "paste table" is not an unreasonable feature.

lewis_knapp

Re: AI Assist for PDF management

https://prompt.16x.engineer/blog/why-chatgpt-cant-count-rs-in-strawberry

Current AI language models are not yet reliable enough for design work except in the hobbyist space - If I have to double check it myself anyway, what's the point?

Oliver_Couch

Re: Routing curve & Control point curve - Introduction of two new features for 3D curve creation

Particularly for routing, it can be very helpful to be able to define the length of a curve. I have no idea how that would be implemented, but I know it's possible in other programs, such as Solidworks. I can imagine it being particularly difficult here where you can switch between the interpolated line and the polyspline, or switching to piecewise Beziers on the CPC.

Matt_NC

Re: how can i mirror a part in assemblies?

Gerard_Boterman said:

At the origin, create a mate connector. Use circular pattern (360 dgr, qty 2) and select the parts or sub-assembly you want to mirror. This will mirror the parts.

Rhett is correct, this is not a mirror

One more thing to note @Gerard_Boterman

If you reference the origin in an assembly. Be sure to mate that reference to your fixed part is some way also.
Otherwise, the patterned part will float around in a higher-level assembly. Sometimes this is what you want, but I assume by default this will cause confusion coming from other CAD systems. Where Assemblies are always static.

Typically, I try to avoid referencing the origin unless I'm mating the "Main Body" to it, rather than using "Fix".

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john_mcclary

Re: how can i mirror a part in assemblies?

In the assembly toolbar you can select "Create Part Studio In Context" then you should be able to create a new plane half the distance in the direction you are going, and then mirror. This is the way I did it, but a feature to do this for you would be great.