{"id":20169,"date":"2018-05-31T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=20169"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:00:37","slug":"easily-create-opposite-hand-versions-of-parts-in-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2018\/05\/easily-create-opposite-hand-versions-of-parts-in-solidworks.html","title":{"rendered":"Easily create opposite-hand versions of parts in SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quite often engineers need an opposite-hand version of a part. A commonly used method is the Mirror feature at assembly level. Here you have the possibility to create an opposite-hand version during the definition of this feature. This works great, but sometimes you want to create an opposite-hand version beforehand (pun intended), or without the need of creating an assembly. In this tech blog I want to show you the way to create opposite-hand versions of parts directly from part level.<\/p>\n

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Using Mirror Part<\/strong><\/h1>\n

With the help of Mirror Part<\/strong> you can create a part that is the opposite-hand version of an existing part. By default, the mirrored version is derived from the original version. This means that the two parts will always match.<\/p>\n

To create a mirrored part:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. In an open part document, click a model face or plane about which to mirror the part.
\nThis step is crucial, because otherwise the Mirror Part<\/strong> feature will be unavailable.<\/p>\n

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2. Click Insert <\/strong>> Mirror Part<\/strong>.
\nA new part window appears and the Insert Part<\/strong> PropertyManager appears.<\/p>\n

3. Under Transfer, select any combination of items from the source part to be included in the opposite-hand version. In this case, for the sheet metal part of step 1, I use the following options:<\/p>\n