Solidworks Mirror Sheet Metal Body

Create and dimension the sketch in a way that allows you to use an existing plane to mirror the sheet metal feature.

Solidworks mirror sheet metal body.

If you clear merge solids a second body that is the mirror of the original is created in the part. Mirror solidworks sheet metal with flat pattern. If a message appears that says sheet metal features cannot be mirrored individually click ok. Sheet metal is mirrored as any other solidworks part by selecting a face and using the insert mirror part command.

The entire part is mirrored as well as the sheet metal bends. Select a body as the bodies to mirror. Create a plane that is centered between the two edges of the base flange. Click one of the following sheet metal features on the sheet metal toolbar or click insert sheet metal.

Solidworks multi body sheet metal duration. Introduced in solidworks 2015 when creating mirrored versions of sheet metal parts it is now possible to transfer the sheet metal and flat pattern information from the original part to the mirrored part saving you a huge amount of time during the drafting phase. In the propertymanager select a plane of symmetry or a planar face as the mirror face plane use select other from the shortcut menu if necessary. Hawk ridge systems 6 864 views.

The mirror part command lets you create a new part by mirroring a sheet metal part. This video is unavailable. In an existing sheet metal part click mirror on the features toolbar or click insert pattern mirror mirror. How to mirror a part in solidworks tutorial duration.

Under options click merge solids. You can copy the features of the original part to the mirrored part by breaking the link to the original part. The option break link to original part determines if the mirrored sheet metal will include flat pattern.