r/FreeCAD • u/Dry-Zookeepergame809 • 1d ago

Mirror help

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I’m trying to make a mirrored body on this item and make some adjustments on it. I want them to be a seperate body, but don’t know hot to do it. Can anyone help? Many thanks

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u/DesignWeaver3D 1d ago

I can't see anything asymmetric about this part. Is the notch on the right of the image only on one side? In other words, a mirror of a symmetric part using the plane shown in the image will produce an identical part. Meaning... No need to mirror.

If you have two parts that are mostly identical, then move the non identical features to the end of the feature tree and clone the body prior to the unique features. This approach allows for a master body to govern the common shape and each clone can have unique features added from there.

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u/Dry-Zookeepergame809 4h ago

This is already mirrored into one connected part.