Solid Edge Original body disappears after Mirror Copy Part

2023-08-03T15:38:07Z
PART/SHEETMETAL

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In this scenario, the user has a Solid Edge part file and wants to make a symmetrical copy of the geometry shown below about the XY plane using Mirror Copy Part.

View of the geometry before doing Mirror Copy Part

However, the result after doing the Mirror Copy Part is that the original body disappears.

View showing that only the mirrored geometry is copied

Solution

 You can see that the mirror plane is not coincident with the face of the geometry.  As the distance of the mirror plane to the geometry face is very small (less than 0.2mm) it is causing tolerance issues. Here is the work around:

1. Go to to the original body.

2. Using the Subtract feature, subtract the geometry from the XY mirror plane side.

Subtract the material to the left side of the XY plane

3. Now the Mirror Copy Part should succeed. 

View showing the successful Mirror Copy Part operation.

KB Article ID# PL8720322

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