Hello
Here's my problem: I have to model a part from an old plan. The problem is that as it was made, the part is the exact symmetry of the plane.
In order to avoid mistakes, I want to redo the part strictly following the plan, then perform a symmetry of the part.
My question is: can we obtain a symmetrical part in relation to another, then save it on its own, allowing the possibility of modifying it later without going back to the first part?
Thank you
Hello @clement.merlin
Once the parent part is created
just register it with a name
from there we take up this mother piece
We create a symmetry and we save with a new name
and we delete the mother part
you will have 2 pieces with different names that will be symmetrical
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Another method:
- model the part according to the plan;
- in the room, create a body symmetry function (take all the bodies, if the situation arises);
- Create a body delete function by selecting the initial bodies.
Personally, I prefer the @stefbeno solution that allows you to have only one part to manage (and which is easy to modify if necessary since you just have to go back up the creation tree)
Hello @froussel
Personally I think it's better
to have 2 distinct and independent rooms
(one right/one left)
each with its own names
which allows, among other things, to be able to modify one or the other at will
and to save these new pieces with an extension
I think it's + easy to find them
and follow them
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@gt22: It would be interesting to clarify your first answer in terms of how to create symmetry.
With my method, we have a single file with 2 configurations.
You can also create a symmetrical file that will be linked to the first one by the classic method (selection of a plane/insertion/symmetrical part).
I don't see any other simple and clean method to create a symmetrical part by keeping a building shaft.
Hello @stefbeno
After reflection and testing
In the end, the result is the same
it will always take the parent part to modify the balanced part
to deepen my first answer
you have to make the modifications when you take over the parent part and symmetry
since it is a symmetry that depends on the parent part
The only thing that changes is via your option is that you have a single part folder with configuration
if I don't mix the little neuron I have left
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XD Okay, thanks to all of you, but that's just the problem I wanted to avoid: having to modify the motherpiece to change the symmetry... No other existing method?
@gt22: we agree ;-)
@clement.Merlin: I don't see how you could have a construction shaft of the symmetrical part without having the one of the parent part.
Otherwise, you have to be patient and meticulous to rebuild the symmetrical part by modifying the functions one by one.
If you need the 2 versions in 2 independent files, you have to build the mother part, duplicate the file, add in this copy the functions I explained in my first answer.
Hello
Making a lot of symmetrical parts (one right and one left), we always draw the left part in 1st, then we make a symmetry function (without merging the bodies) in the default config, from there we create two configs (Right & Left) in which the bodies on the opposite side have been deleted (delete/keep bodies function), as needed have made adjustments after symmetry