saved mirror component has no timeline

[rbtHTJJU]

I have the following issue:

1. I created a folded sheet metal part with countersunk holes

2. I need a left and right hand version of this part so I mirrored it in the model space

3. now I would like to save them as separate designs (they are components)

4. done

5 now when I open the second (mirrored part) in order to change the hole dimensions there is no timeline and therefore no way to edit the holes without going back to the original design file with the left and right, change the holes and then save them all over again

6. ditto for making folded and unfolded drawings from each of the parts.

So how do I generate a mirrored copy of my component and save as a separate design?

BTW - I also noticed that I cant unfold both parts and get the unfolded versions onto a drawing sheet because when I go back and refold that part (you evidently can't have more than one part unfolded at a time) so I can unfold the other part, when I go back to the drawing the unfolded one has folded back up. Grrrrr!

Is there a way to break that relationships, maintain separate the timelines so I can generate separate drawings out on one complete design?

The only solution so far is to make an entirely new mirrored version of my part from scratch.

THAT'S NOT AUTOMATION!! And makes it a PITA to keep updates and changes organized.

Thanks

[jeff_strater]

Sorry, but that's the way it works.  Mirror component is done by mirroring the result bodies at the time the mirror feature is executed.  If you think about it, trying to automate the full design recipe for a mirrored part would be a nightmare, especially if you wanted it to update associatively.  Each sketch would have to be mirrored, each feature would have to determine how to produce a mirror of itself, each work plane would have to have a mirrored recipe, etc. and all of those mirrors would then have to know how to react to changes from the source.  No CAD system that I am aware of can do what you are asking.