Change reference on mirrored part

[BenjP]

Hi all,

if I mirror a part in an assembly the new file references the original one.

Is it possible to change the reference to a different file out of that assembly?

[mercerc]

           There is no way to re-link the newly mirrored components to a different component or assembly. You can un-link the derived component from the parent. Once un-linked it would no long reflect any change to the parent component you mirror it from.

            As you make be aware of any changes to the parent part is mirror over to the mirrored component (unless the link is broken) and any changes made to newly mirror component would only be reflect in that component and not the parent.

            You could try breaking the link in the assembly and then doing a Replace from the browser to a different assembly but that kind of defeats the idea of mirroring the components in the first place. But you may have a reason to do so.

[derek]

Yes It is, before opening the models simply edit the file name (I often just add temp or similar to the end of it). Then open up the assembly and it will no longer be able to find the reference part. Then select the new file that you wish to reference to. Save the model, close it and rename the original part back to its previous name. The mirrored component will now be linked to a different part. 

Cheers,

Derek

[Giampaolo.Foresi]

Great, It will be better if you did have to perform outstanding trick like this one.

But it works 🙂

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

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@Giampaolo.Foresi wrote:

But it works 🙂

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Note that it only works if the replacement model is a copy of the original one (or the other way around).  They must have the same document ID, which can only be achieved by copying one file to create the other.

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