Component mirror?

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Deadhorse
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Component mirror?

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Is it possible to mirror an assembly component within the assembly?

Also is it possible to measure between two parallel surfaces/planes?
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Re: Component mirror?

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Deadhorse wrote: Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:22 pm Is it possible to mirror an assembly component within the assembly?
No.
Deadhorse wrote: Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:22 pm Also is it possible to measure between two parallel surfaces/planes?
There are already existing measurement tools in FC. With activated Part WB you find a menu "Measure" in the menubar.
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Deadhorse
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Re: Component mirror?

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Yes I have seen the existing measure tool but it only seems to go from point to point. Meaning if I measure in between two parallel planes/surfaces I get from point to point, where ever I pick on the surfaces, or a perpendicular measurement between the two, that's what I'm looking for.
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Re: Component mirror?

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Use the tools circled in red available in part workbench, I manually permanently added them to my toolbar so they are available on all WB (circled in black)
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Re: Component mirror?

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Deadhorse wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:58 pm Meaning if I measure in between two parallel planes/surfaces...
For reference, please see here:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=24742

Manipulator WB has feature called "Caliper", which provides such measurements.
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