Mirror with any plane (part wb)

[mario52]

Hi

make request :

Plane mirror:

Plane XY
Plane XZ
Plane YZ
Plane on selected face

volunter ?

mario

[openBrain]

Thanks for the trick with the line indicating the direction
As a simplification it is possible to use for the Base of the mirror a single expression: plane.Placement.Base.

Indeed. As a further improvement, you can use :
For base : '<<MirrorPlane>>.Base.Placement' -- as stated by chrisb
For normal : '<<MirrorAxis>>.Shape.Curve.Direction'

EDIT : attach improved file

[chrisb]

For base : '<<MirrorPlane>>.Base.Placement' -- as stated by chrisb
For normal : '<<MirrorAxis>>.Shape.Curve.Direction'

Thanks!

For those not knowing how to set an expression for a compound property:
- Right click in the property panel, select "Show all"
- Right click on the property name (not the value) and select "Expression ..."

[Roy_043]

... Or click in the field and then click the f(x) button.

[UR_]

Or simply


- select Part object to mirror (cube in your example)
- select Part:plane
- hit

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from Lattice2 WB ... Done!


Full parametric mirror object is created.

[edwilliams16]

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For others wondering just how this all worked, <<MirrorAxis>> is a construction line created to provide the normal direction to <<MirrorPlane>> attached to the object to be mirrored. Expressions were then used to locate the mirror plane for the mirroring operation.

[chrisb]

... Or click in the field and then click the f(x) button.

You are right. I was still thinking of Placement, which doesn't have this button.

[Vincent B]

draft mirror like this.