Using the mirrored component ONLY in a sheet metal production work flow
Have you tried Derive?
Mark Hughes
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@Luke_Parf wrote:We have recently adopted Fusion 360 as the standard CAD package ...
This should be interesting.
Edit 1: I stand corrected - it looks like @HughesTooling found the Remove.
Edit 2: Or maybe not - I am still not seeing as I would expect.
After experimenting with this in Fusion 360 - I have come to the conclusion that you should have adopted Autodesk Inventor Professional instead - where this is trivial to accomplish.
@Luke_Parf wrote:
Hi,
Of course, find example file attached.
Though I had considered this, and I don't think the remove function works on external components.
Thanks for your response.
Luke
You can remove an inserted part, what's not obvious is you need to right click the insert feature in the timeline and remove. The remove feature will be created after the timeline pointer not where you've selected the insert feature.
Mark
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Here's remove used with your file.
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@Luke_Parf What I was thinking about using Derive was have a library design with both versions then use derive to insert whichever version you want.
So create your library design like this with each part named then when you use derive you can just select the component you want.
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@Luke_Parf wrote:
Hi HughesTooling,
Well it's good that the remove tool is nowhere near any of the other remove tools.
Thank you for finding this. I like your suggestion on file area setup and will trial that out.
One note - When I remove the part body in this way I get a warning on screen saying:
"You are removing the last instance of an external component. Changes to this component will no longer be automatically updated in this design"
I'll have a play around with it and see whether updates to the root part appear in the mirrored part.
Thanks again, it's much appreciated.
Luke
@Luke_Parf After modifying the source file you just need to roll the timeline back before the remove feature then update
Just update with the design in this state.
@TheCADWhisperer Did you just want the design with the remove? All I did was right click in the timeline and select remove, timeline marker after the mirror.
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@TheCADWhisperer Here's a screencast working with a linked design, derive should work the same.
Mark
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Attached file is the same as post #5 with the inserted design removed.
Mark
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