Moving and mirroring rules for assembly bodies
With ST5, new functionality has made most of the information on this page obsolete. Mirroring components in assembly now involves associative components and used Insert Assembly Copy and Inter-part copy functionality to achieve the associative mirroring. The ST4 and prior behavior is still available through the API interface. Therefore this topic is still worthwhile.
When using the Move Components and Mirror Components commands to copy, rotate/copy, or mirror/copy assembly bodies, certain rules apply. The following table outlines these rules.
| Body Type | Asymmetric mirror/Copy Behavior | Copy and Copy/Rotate Behavior |
| Adjustable parts Components with Assembly removal features Frames Pipe segments | A new unique document name is created and added to the assembly. The override body on the new component is not associative to the original component. | A new occurrence of the existing document is added to the assembly. The override body on the new component is not associative to the original component. |
| Assembly material addition features Weld beads | A new assembly feature is added to the Assembly Features section in Assembly PathFinder as an assembly body. The new assembly feature is not associative to the original assembly feature. | A new assembly feature is added to the Assembly Features section in Assembly PathFinder as an assembly body. The new assembly feature is not associative to the original assembly feature. |
| Wire Harness body | Not supported | Not supported |
Because copied, rotated/copied, and mirrored/copied assembly bodies are not associative to the original components, if the original components change, you must delete the copied components and use the Move Components or Mirror Components command to repeat the copy, rotate/copy, or mirror/copy operation.
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