Mirror an assembly

bill_daniels

Unexpectedly, I have a need to mirror a large assembly.  Anyone have a shortcut?  I really don't want to rebuild the entire assembly.

john_mcclary

No assembly mirror yet.

Lucas_Kuhns

You can vote on this improvement request here: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/5763/mirror-feature-for-assembly-workflow/p1

brucebartlett

Have fun rebuilding, I have some waiting for rebuilding too. Maybe if we wait for the next release there might be a solution.

john_mcclary

Really, if the assembly is truly a mirror. I suppose a shortcut would be, create an in-context part studio, transform/copy in place everything.

Then insert the part studio into a new assembly. Then Group everything static. Then add the minimal amount of moving mates (revolute/slider, etc)

should still function the same as an assembly mirror.

#untested

brucebartlett

john_mcclary said:

Really, if the assembly is truly a mirror. I suppose a shortcut would be, create an in-context part studio, transform/copy in place everything.

Then insert the part studio into a new assembly. Then Group everything static. Then add the minimal amount of moving mates (revolute/slider, etc)

should still function the same as an assembly mirror.

#untested

yes but to maintain part instance for non-changing geometry you have switch parts out for existing parts, which is the time-consuming process and also becomes a pain after changes are made as repositioning is not linked. 

john_mcclary

Ah yea, durp... it won't work for part instances.. blah