copy features from one side of a disk and place them on the other side SolidWks

lowCountryCamo · Aug 23, 2016

If I want to copy the features on the face of this disk and place them on the other side offset 45 degrees from the other, is there a command to do that. In mastercam I know I could translate and then possibly reverse and rotate the features.

FWIW this is a insert disk mill I am copying just for SW practice. There are more features to add after I fiqure this out.

Thanks Steve

Hillside Fab · Aug 23, 2016

If the model is unparameterized, or even if it is parameterized, you can use this process to exactly duplicate the geometry fairly quickly.

Use "move/copy body" to make a copy of your part, this will be consumed in the next step.

Extrude a body that fills in the areas you want to copy (uncheck "merge result"), then use the "combine" (subtract) tool to create male tool features on your extruded body, from the copy you made in the first step, this will consume the copy.

Then use move/copy bodies to position your new body where you want it and repeat the subtraction process, which will consume your tool body.

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