Edit Feature Mirror

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About The Mirror Tool

The Mirror tool enables you to create copies of features and geometry that are mirrored about a

planar surface. You can use this tool to save time by mirroring simple parts into more complex

designs. In addition to part geometry, the Mirror tool allows you to copy surfaces, curves,

patterns, and datum features about a mirror plane.

Note: You can also mirror curve patterns and transform patterns, such as direction, axis, or fill,

but you cannot mirror group patterns or a pattern of a pattern.

There are several methods of creating a mirror:

Feature Mirror—Allows you to mirror features using two methods:

o All Features—This method duplicates features and creates a merged feature that

contains the geometry of all features of the model. To use this method, you must select all

features and the part node on the Model Tree.

o Selected Features—This method duplicates only the selected feature.

Geometry Mirror—

Allows you to mirror geometry items such as datums, quilts, andsurfaces. You can also mirror an entire part by selecting its node on the Model Tree.

The following examples show how you can use the Mirror tool to create a complex design from a

relatively small amount of geometry:

All Feature Method

Original part Original Part Mirrored

using the All Feature

method

1. Mirror plane

Selected Feature Method

Original part with a single

feature selected

Single feature mirrored

using the selected Feature

method



1. Original feature

2. Mirror plane

3. Mirrored feature

To Mirror Selected Features

Note: You must select the items you wish to mirror before you can invoke the Mirror tool.

1. Select one or more features to mirror. Pro/ENGINEER highlights each feature in the

graphics window.

Note: To mirror a pattern, select the pattern header and not a pattern member because the

Mirror tool is not available if you select a pattern member.

2. Click in the Edit Features toolbar or click Edit > Mirror. The Mirror tool opens.

3.

Select a mirror plane.

Tip: You can redefine the Mirror plane by clicking on any other plane in the graphics

window.

4. Open the Options slide-up panel and clear Copy as dependent if you want to make the

mirrored features independent of the original.

5. Click on the dashboard to accept and create the new mirror feature.

The number of members in a mirrored pattern is the same as in the original pattern feature. If

you vary the number of members in the mirrored pattern that is created with Copy as

dependent selected, the change is associatively propagated to the original pattern feature. Thedependency is only on the dimensions.

Note: To redefine the mirror item, you must cancel the current mirror operation. Select alternate

items to mirror and then restart the mirror tool.

To Mirror All the Geometry in a Part

Note: You must select the items you wish to mirror before you can invoke the Mirror tool.

1. Select the part name at the top of the Model Tree.

2. Click in the Edit Features toolbar.

Note: You can also click Edit > Mirror to invoke the Mirror tool.

3. Select a mirror plane. Pro/ENGINEER displays preview geometry of the new Mirror feature

in the graphics window.



Note: You can redefine the Mirror plane by clicking on any other plane in the graphics

window.

4. Click in the dashboard to accept and create the new mirror feature.

Tip: To switch the mirror item from part geometry to a surface, plane, or axis, you must first

open the References slide-up panel in the dashboard, right-click the part reference in the Mirroritems table, and click Remove from the shortcut menu. After the Mirrored Item reference is

removed, you can select a plane, surface, or axis to mirror. Alternatively, you can use the

shortcut menu and activate the Mirror Items Collector. Then you can open the shortcut menu

again and click Clear.

About the Move Tool

The Move tool is only accessed through the Copy and Paste Special functions. With the Move

tool, you can:

Translate features, surfaces, quilts, datum curves, and axes in a direction specified by a

reference. You can translate along a linear edge or curve, axis, perpendicular to a plane or

planar surface, or along one of the axes of the coordinate system.

Rotate features, surfaces, quilts, datum curves, and axes about an existing axis, linear

edge, curve, or about one of the axes of the coordinate system.

Apply multiple translation and rotation transformations in a single move feature.

You can also use the Move tool to create and move a copy of an existing surface or curve rather

than moving the original.

You can also move curve patterns and transform patterns, such as direction, axis, or fill, in

addition to most pattern types, but you cannot move group patterns or patterns of patterns. For

patterns, you must select the pattern header instead of the pattern member.

To move an item relative to its original position, you must first select the item to move, activate

the Move tool, and then select the direction reference. You can also use asynchronous datums as

direction references. When translating an object, the direction reference is typically a plane or

edge that determines the direction in which you want to translate the moved feature. When

rotating an object, the direction reference is typically an axis or edge about which you want to

rotate the moved feature. The following items can be used as direction references:

In Translate mode you can choose:

o Linear curve

o Linear edge

o

Planar surface

o Datum axis

o Datum plane

o Axis of datum coordinate system

In Rotate mode you can choose:

o Linear curve

o Linear edge

o

Datum axis

o

Axis of datum coordinate system

Note: You cannot select a coordinate system or two datum points or vertices as direction

references. Instead, you can directly select an axis of the datum coordinate system as the



direction reference or create an asynchronous datum axis that passes through these two datum

points or vertices.

To Move Geometry

1. Set the selection filter to Geometry.

2.

Select the following geometry:

o Datum planes

o Datum points

o Datum axes

o Datum coordinate systems

o Datum curves

o Quilts or surfaces

3.

Click Edit > Copy. The selected geometry is copied to the clipboard.

4. Click Edit > Paste Special. The Paste Special dialog box opens.

5. Click Apply Move/Rotate transformations to copies.

6. Click OK. The Move dashboard opens.

7. Click to translate the move item or click to rotate the move item.

8. Select a direction reference:

o Datum axis

o

Linear edge

o Plane or flat surface

o Straight curve

o Datum plane

o

Axis of datum coordinate system

Note: When translating, the direction reference is perpendicular to the direction in which you

want to move when you specify a plane or flat surface as the direction reference. If you select

an edge, curve, or axis, the direction reference is parallel to the selected edge, curve, or axis.

When rotating, the direction reference is usually an axis or straight edge about which themove item pivots.

9. To move the selected item:

o In the graphics window, use the drag handle to manually translate/rotate the move item

to the desired distance.

o In the Move dashboard, type a distance or angle value in the value box, or select a value

from a list of the most recently used values.

10. If you want to create additional translation or rotation transformations, see To Create

Multiple Moves. Otherwise, click to complete the move feature.

To Move Features

1. In the Model Tree, select the items that you want to move.

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2. Click Edit > Copy. The entire feature is copied onto the clipboard.

3. Click Edit > Paste Special. The Paste Special dialog box opens.

4. Click Apply Move/Rotate transformation to copies.

5. Click OK. The Move dashboard opens.

6. Click to translate the move item or click to rotate the move item.


o Datum axis

o Edge


o Straight curve


Note: When translating, the direction reference is perpendicular to the direction in which you

want to move when you specify a plane or flat surface as the direction reference. If you select

an edge, curve, or axis, the direction reference is parallel to the selected edge, curve, or axis.

When rotating, the direction reference is usually an axis or straight edge about which the

move item pivots.

8. To move the selected item:

o In the graphics window, use the drag handle to manually translate or rotate the move

item to the desired distance or angle.

o On the Move dashboard, type a distance or angle value in the value box, or select a value

from a list of the most recently used values.

9. If you want to create additional translation or rotation transformations, see To Create

Multiple Moves. Otherwise, click to complete the move feature.

To Create Multiple Moves

The Move tool allows you to create multiple translation and rotation transformations in a single

move feature. To create multiple moves:

1. Click the Transformations tab on the Move dashboard. The Transformations slide-up

panel appears.

2. Click New Move in the Move list. A new move is added to the Move list.

3. Select a transformation type from the Type list, either Move (to translate) or Rotate.


o Datum axis

o Edge


o Straight curve


Note: You cannot select a plane or flat surface if you are rotating the selected item.










5. Use the drag handle in the graphics window to manually translate or rotate the move item

or enter a distance or angle value in the value box.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 to create additional transformations.

7. Click to complete the move feature.

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