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plane. You create half of the assembly, and then mirror it to create the second
half. The mirrored components are exact copies, positioned relative to the
mirror plane.
You can either save a new assembly file with mirrored components and open
it in a new window, or reuse components and add the mirrored components
to the existing assembly file.
TRY IT: Mirror assembly components
1 Open the assembly you want to mirror.
2 On the Assembly panel bar, click the Mirror Components tool.
3 In the graphics window or the assembly browser, select all of the
components of the assembly. Select the assembly, or a parent subassembly
to automatically select all of the children.
The assembly and its components are listed in the Mirror Components
dialog box browser.
4 On the Mirror Components dialog box, click Mirror Plane, and then select
the plane in the graphics window or the assembly browser.
5 Click the status button of a component to change its selection status as
needed.
DescriptionStatus
Creates a mirrored instance in the current or a new
assembly file.
Mirrored
Creates a new instance in the current or a new
assembly file.
Reused
Subassembly or part is not included in the mirror
operation.
Excluded
Indicates that a subassembly contains components
with reused and excluded status, or that a reused
subassembly is not complete.
Mixed Reused/Excluded
6 To change the orientation of a reused component, right-click the
component, and select a Symmetric Plane.
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