Do I have any way of combining the mirrored solid into one body?

[theycallmevirgo]

I need to use the attached as a structural shape. However, structural shape authoring dialog only seems to want to use the "original" solid body rather than  the both the original and the mirrored body, which is what I need. 

Many thanks in advance 

Joe

[kacper.suchomski]

Hi

Have you considered creating a derivative part?

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

@theycallmevirgo, I think you can just create a new solid in this same part by projecting the geometry of the profile and using new solid, and then selecting that solid to author to the structural shape library. 

I didn't follow this all the way through the authoring process, but it seems like it picks up the correct shape. See recording.

[theycallmevirgo]

Yeah, that does in fact create a single body but now frame member author doesn't find any geometry it can use :(. 

Thanks tho.

[Curtis_Waguespack]

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@theycallmevirgo wrote:

Yeah, that does in fact create a single body but now frame member author doesn't find any geometry it can use :(. 

Thanks tho.

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I was wondering about that, I wasn't sure what all it needed... it's been a while since I've published a frame member.

I think you're best bet is to remodel the part, and mirror the profile in the sketch before extruding. 

I like the approach you used for general modeling, but it looks like it just doesn't work for authoring frame shapes.

[theycallmevirgo]

"I think you're best bet is to remodel the part, and mirror the profile in the sketch before extruding" 

Which is basically what I was doing before I read your magical, amazing blog post =P. 

So it goes =P.

[theycallmevirgo]

I'll double check later, but it seems when I try your technique on my end I don't even generate any geometry frame gen authoring likes. O well. 

ETA: NVM I could just select the new body in the browser.

[theycallmevirgo]

Yeah it made it through the authoring. I'm going to take a few hours to decide if I want to rebuild as you suggested or use "as is". I have a few other parts that depend on parameters from this thing.

[theycallmevirgo]

The long and short of it is, I can't get it to behave consistently with anything other than doing all features in one sketch. @johnsonshiue, any thoughts?