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Mirror Boolean result

quentin_moutyquentin_mouty Member, Developers Posts: 13
Hello all,
I want to use the result of a Boolean in mirror to not redo all the steps. I want also use it with a rotation pattern.
But the thing is I can not use mirror feature, any idea how to get it ?
I want to place the down left boolean in where there is the orange cercle :

Thank.
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  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,305
    If the hole was created using a boolean, then you need to select both the extrude feature that made the solid and the boolean that removed that solid from the main part.

    A more efficient way to do this would be to use extrude/remove to make the hole, then face mirror or face pattern (they are in the pull-down menu at the top of the mirror or pattern dialog).
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
  • quentin_moutyquentin_mouty Member, Developers Posts: 13
    edited February 2018
    How can I extrude/remove with a transform ? Cause I used a derived+ transform+bool to make my feature.
    Here is the link : https://cad.onshape.com/documents/cb30ada01f12293395bad0af/w/fbfaa6084b1dcdfa19bb4d2d/e/564e805f909a913773baff1d
    I want to turn Hole Capt
  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,305
    ah - in that case mirror or pattern your derived part and boolean/subtract them all at the same time. Or you could still use face mirror/pattern if you prefer.
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
  • quentin_moutyquentin_mouty Member, Developers Posts: 13
    edited February 2018
    Thanks to your modification it is what I wanted to do.
    Question still : How the import works ? because you imported the part I want to use in boolean and it was place where I derived + transform it.
    So does the import find the part in the PartStudio ?

    EDIT : Ok I get my answer myself. The derived function import the part in the partstudio.
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