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Duplicating components with joints intact.

rmkolaks — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 19:35:51 GMT

Is it possible to duplicate a set of components connected by joints with the joints intact?

I have a collection of components connected to each other with sliding joints within another component. I wish to mirror the complete collection across a mid plane.

When I initially created the joints Fusion360 placed them within the enclosing component. I tried mirroring the collection but the joints were left behind. I thought I might mirror the joints but they were, of course, not selectable from within the _Mirror_ function.

I then tried _Activating_ just one of the inner components and creating the joint thereon. Again Fusion360 placed the joint into the enclosing component.

What am I doing wrong here?

Re: Duplicating components with joints intact.

jeff_strater — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:42:22 GMT

you are not doing anything wrong. Component Mirror will not duplicate the joints in the source. You will have to re-apply the joints in the destination manually. The main reason for that is that Joints are coordinate system based, and a mirrored joint would require left-handed coordinate systems which Fusion does not support.

Re: Duplicating components with joints intact.

rmkolaks — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 21:02:34 GMT

Thank you. I assumed such was the case but held out a vain hope that I wouldn't need to recreate a bunch of joints.

Re: Duplicating components with joints intact.

swapnil.hamdapureDDSVZ — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 05:46:30 GMT

@rmkolaks I am glad to inform you that we have introduced the 'Duplicate With Joints' new command under Assemble section in the July release which helps you with your current requirement. Please do let me know if you have any queries about it.