Mirror Part creates a mirrored version of an existing part.
This is a good way to create left-hand and a right-hand version of a part.
Because the mirrored version is derived from the original version, the two
parts always match. It can be used for parts created as solid, sheet-metal etc.
1. Below is an example of a Sheet metal part for which we are
going to create the right-hand version using the Mirror part command.
2. Now
to create a copy select the model face or plane across which you want to mirror
the part as shown below. The command is
located at Insert-Mirror Part on your SolidWorks dropdown Menu as shown below.
3. After
that a new template will open under a new window and will ask you what to
mirror. Here you can select the solid body option if it’s a solid body and also
if you like you can also break the reference so that both parts are not linked
and changes to one part won’t update the other part. In our case it’s a Sheet
metal part so for that you need to break the reference or won’t get the other
part. Also as shown below we can see a nice preview of what we are going to
get.
