I've noticed this as well, Lester. It seemed that before, if a part was
reversible (could be used on either right or left side), it would not create
a new part, but rather re-use the existing part. The other day I tried this
with plain rectangle flat sheets (no holes or features) and it tried
creating new parts for the mirrored assembly! I haven't used it alot, but I
would assume there MUST be some way to avoid this in the mirror assembly
window, I just didn't have time to mess around with it. The mirror assembly
feature should NOT recreate parts unless they cannot be interchanged between
the two sides. I'm pretty sure when this feature was introduced, that's how
it operated. I've only used it a few times, though. Sorry I couldn't be of
any real help here.
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Scott M
Inventor 9, SP1
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"steve-o" wrote in message
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> Depending on what you are going to use the mirrored assembly for, there is
a couple different ways to do it. If it is just for representational
purposes, you could make a derived part of the assembly, then make a derived
part of the derived assembly and use the "mirror" option in the derived part
dialog box. This, however, will create an extra file in between the
original and the mirrored assembly files.
>
> If you need to detail the mirrored assembly separately with it's own parts
list and balloons, I think the easiest way may be to create a new assembly
and build it from scratch. The only other way I know of is to use the
mirror assembly feature and suffer with all the extra parts created. Maybe
someone else can think of a better way.
>
> Hope this helps
> -Steve