Mirroring a Feature or Body

You can create a mirror of an existing feature or a body.

Before you begin: Create a wall at the origin and create a wall on an edge of an existing wall using the Wall on edge feature.
  1. From the Sheet Metal section of action bar, click Mirror .
  2. In the Mirror dialog box, click Mirror Plane and from thework area select a plane, or face, edge, or surface.

  3. Under Mirror Type, select one of the following:
    • Mirror body: To create a mirror of an entire body with respect to the selected reference.
    • Mirror feature: To create a mirror of a feature with respect to the selected reference.
  4. Under Merge Options, click Contact faces, and from the work area, select a face as a merge point with the body that you want to mirror.

    The red highlighted selection in the above image is a face we have selected as a merge point. We can select multiple faces as a merge point. The Contact faces option becomes available when you select Mirror body.

  5. In the Mirror dialog box, click Feature, and from the work area, select a feature that you want to mirror.

    This option becomes available when you select Mirror feature.

  6. Click to save and exit.

    The image above depicts a mirror of a feature. In this case, the feature isWall on edge.

    The image above depicts a mirror of a body with left face selected as contact face in the step 4.

    The image above is a flat pattern view with left face selected as contact face in the step 4. The rest of the body falls on the right side of the plane.

    The image above is a flat pattern view with right face selection as contact face. The rest of the body falls on the left side of the plane.

    The image above is a flat pattern view with both left and right faces selected as contact faces.