From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
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Using mirror symmetry - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
Using mirror symmetry
In this movie, we'll look at the Mirror command that we saw using the chassis walk-through. We need two things to use this command. Number one, a mere plane. Hopefully, we have one in our model. If not, we can go ahead and create one. And number two, a feature or body to pattern. In this case here, I want to look at this side of the chassis. I have an edge flange on the bottom of that, and I'd like to mirror that up to the top edge of this. To do so, I need some type of a mirror plane in the middle of this feature here. However, there's not one there. So, what we need to do is go ahead and create one. To do so, I'm going to go up to Reference Geometry, I'm going to choose Plane, and I'm going to choose my first reference as the top of that little flange. And my second reference as the bottom of that flange. Notice what happens there, it makes a new plane right between those two faces. That's exactly what I want, click on OK. And there it is. Next, let's go ahead and choose the mirror…
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