symmetry and mirror function bug?

symmetry and mirror function bug?

mac_ito
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symmetry and mirror function bug?

mac_ito
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Hello,
I encounter a bug and if there isn't one, I'm willing to have the logic explained to me, so let me explain.
I have a component, I make a symmetry of it and then I make a repetition of these 2 elements.
The starting component and constrained with the black frame, the problem occurs when I move the frame, the elements do not follow and worse it becomes free?
Why is this behavior normal?
Also the starting element an insert component and of the 3 copies made, only one has kept the link, why not the others?
Thanks for your feedback.

 

 

 

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TrippyLighting
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Can you share the model?

The screen recordings are so blurry, I cannot see a thing!


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mac_ito
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sorry, no share, full screen is a bit better

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jeff_strater
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it is very hard for me to tell what is going on from just the video, especially because it is so high resolution that everything is so tiny...

 

However, I suspect that what might be going on is:

  1. you constrain a small component with a joint to the larger one - appears to be some kind of bracket.
  2. you mirror that bracket component across some symmetry plane that places it in the right position with respect to the larger one
  3. afterwards, you move the larger component.  The first instance moves, but the mirrored ones do not

This is expected.  Mirror component does not create any joints with the mirrored components.  That is your responsibility.  If the components are in the correct location, you can use As-Built Joint to create these joints.  Then, your entire design will be connected together, and will move together.

 


Jeff Strater
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mac_ito
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the suspicions were good

thanks for the tips

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