Mirror Cut through a center plane - Possible ???

jean_didier

I'm trying to mirror a simple cut through a center plane, no success. Tried the face mirror, not working either. Any idea how to achieve that ?

3dcad

There is also a ticket for feature mirror/pattern that would ease up workflow..

Ben_

Can you share the file? I can do it here on my machine using face 

3dcad

Remember to select all the faces when using face mirror and face mirroring can only happen within one part.

jean_didier

Sure, how do i do that ?

3dcad

Make your model public (share menu) and then simply copy the link from your address bar when you have the document opened.

jean_didier

ok !
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d8389ed7d75648cea995d33d/w/bd69dd5e1af64590aa780171/e/6e7d55e60558447c8bf2ad40

3dcad

what is that cut through you wanted to mirror?

jean_didier

Extrude 7. I did cut the left side so i wanted to mirror it to cut the right side. I work aground it but it will be nice to be able to do it with a simple mirror.

3dcad

Yep, so the problem is that your are trying to mirror faces from part to another, this is not supported yet (I have left a ticket for this though, use ?-menu & feedback to add +1 for that ticket)

Part studio is so amazing that it's easy to forget there is actually multiple parts involved..

nav

Hi @jean_didier as both @3dcad and @ben_1 mentioned you need to use the mirror feature and activate the option "Face Mirror", below a few images using your model to recreate the holes using the mirror faces feature.

1. Select the mirror feature and activate "Face mirror" (S1)
2. Select all faces of the holes you want to mirror, 12 faces in total (S2)
3. Select symmetry plane "Right" for the sample and you have mirrored holes (S3)





 

3dcad

The face in the bottom of the hole tends to be forgotten..

jean_didier

Thanks gents ! Got it. A little different that what i'm use too so that a learning curve !  thanks again!

3dcad

There is also a ticket for feature mirror/pattern that would ease up workflow..