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How do I make and designate a Mirror Element
I'm trying to mirror an assembly in another assembly, but it seems on shape doesn't know how to mirror the custom parts in my assembly because when I try to mirror it, it says "Missing mirror element, mirror strategy table needs updating". I'm pretty sure there's a way to fix this because parts I downloaded don't have this…
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How to mirror a frame part and keep the cut list?
How to mirror a frame part with features and keep the cut list with lengths? When I mirror a frame part and make a cut list I get the error "Failed to find frame start and end faces.". The frame shows up on the cut list but not with the correct lengths. Is it possible to mirror a frame part and keep the correct cut list?…
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Not sure why mirror fucntion is not working
I'm trying to mirror the right pattern to the left side. If I pick the face, pattern or individual item it doesn't seem to want to complete. I'm not sure what the issue could be, besides me that is. Any help would be appreciated.
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How to dissociate mirrored parts
Hello, I am new to Onshape, coming from the Sketchup world. I have a Part 2 which results from the mirroring of a Part 1. Now I need to modify Part 1 without changing Part 2. Is there a way to separate or dissociate the two parts ? Or is there a smart way to do it ? Thanks in advance.
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Mirror AND Merge?
Hello! Now that I have got to the point where I want to "Mirror" my part about a center plane, I would want the finished "mirror" to be merged into Part 1. There is no selection for this to happen during the "Mirror". I will have to create a Boolean-Merge to make both halves one part! PS Again, would be nice to have…
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How to copy extrusion features to all faces of a part
Hello! I am trying to replicate holes onto every face of a cube, see the project here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/edd2c2326d091f4f6d65ee11/w/e42dfe5f3556605262b9c3d7/e/f5b0640142f49831cf15819d?renderMode=0&uiState=6584b5383de095154ce97ed3 I managed to mirror some of the holes from the front to the back, but am…
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quick question: can I mirror the associated mate connectors along with the owner part?
is this possible? If I mirror a part, It is possible to (in a second mirror feature) to mirror mate connector features. but I can't seem to relate the mirrored mates to the mirrored part (make the mirrored part the "owner" of the mirrored mates. to use later on in assemblies example: test mate connector | Assembly 1…
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How to mirror a feature?
I would like to mirror the opSweep and opBoolean function, on the opposite side of a cylinder. The documentation says, that i need a featureList as an input for the instanceFunction. Could not find out, how i can construct it. Or is there another way I could achieve this?? opSweep(context, id + "sweep1", { "profiles" :…
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What is the best way to release drawings of mirror parts?
We have a lot of sheet metal parts in left and right versions. I typically model one part and mirror it to a new part in the same part studio, than I fill in the separate properties and generate two drawings. We use release management with drawing number = part number. When I try to release both drawings in the same…
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Mirror
I'm probably missing something here, but is there a method of mirroring components in an assembly? ie with the choice of just a mirrored placement and/or creating a mirrored component?
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Mirror problem
Hi, I'm trying to design a steam engine. My cylinder block has symmetrical steam ports going at an angle from the face into the cylinder. see cylinder block here. I designed one with a plane to follow the angle (3 point) then a normal plane to put a sketch on to generate port shape and an extrusion (removal) up to the port…
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Mirrored Sheet metal
I mirrored my sheet model but I want it to create a new entity because they are not cut in the same sheet metal. One is for the left side and the other for the side so some bends are not the same. Is there a way for the mirrored part to become its own sheet metal model?
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Problems with mirroring fillets
I'm having some problems with mirroring a part and getting the fillets to mirror entirely. The part is totally symmetrical so I wasn't expecting this type of issue but it is only mirroring some of the fillets. It has, however, been an issue in the past also. Does anyone have the same issue? Any way to fix it other than…
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Mirror for spline
Hello, I want to mirror a spline around a line in a sketch in a feature script. I find the mirror function but I am not sure if it is the right function to do it and if so how to use it. I tried this : mirror(context, id + "mirror1", {<br> "patternType" : MirrorType.FEATURE,<br> "entities" : "spline1",<br> "mirrorPlane" :…