How do you guys go about Mirrores Assemblies?
So, the kind of work I do, there are often assemblies that are mirror of each other!
One workflow thats in my mind but havent really used is:
I can just use mirror command to mirror all the parts in the parent assembly to be copied as mirror and then save it, that would be linked to the parent parts.
Now that gives two porblems;
A. There are always many parts that aren't the mirror but are the same as the parent part so obviously I wouldnt select those while mirroring, because I wouldnt want different part numbers for same parts, and have to manually add them later on.
B. The mates wont copy along in the mirror assembly and evry part is going to be either loose or grounded, which really is usless, as I would have to add all the mates again!The second workflow, which I always do, is just to manually mirror the parts I need in the part environment and just create the whole mirrored assembly again.
I have a feeling that there gotta be a smarter more efficient workflow which I dont know of.
So, any help?