Mirror entities in sketch in Solidworks - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to select the mirror line in SolidWorks sketch.

Solidworks

sketch.SelectMirrorLine([1])

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AmirrorLine

Bcenterline

Caxis

Dedge

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a regular line instead of a centerline for mirroring.

In SolidWorks, the mirror line in a sketch is typically a centerline. Selecting the centerline allows you to mirror entities across it.

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medium

Complete the code to mirror selected sketch entities about the mirror line.

Solidworks

sketch.MirrorEntities(entities, [1])

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AmirrorLine

BmirrorAxis

CmirrorPlane

DmirrorPoint

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using mirrorPlane or mirrorPoint which are not valid for sketch mirroring.

The mirrorLine is used to mirror sketch entities in SolidWorks. It defines the axis of symmetry.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly mirror entities in the sketch.

Solidworks

mirroredEntities = sketch.MirrorEntities([1], mirrorLine)

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Aentities

BentityList

Centity

DentitySet

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Passing a single entity instead of a collection.

The method MirrorEntities expects a collection of entities, so the parameter should be entities, representing multiple sketch entities.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a mirror of selected entities about the centerline and add them to the sketch.

Solidworks

mirrored = sketch.MirrorEntities([1], [2])
sketch.AddEntities(mirrored)

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Aentities

BmirrorLine

Ccenterline

DmirrorAxis

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Confusing mirrorLine with mirrorAxis or using wrong variable names.

You need to pass the entities to mirror and the centerline as the mirror line. Then add the mirrored entities back to the sketch.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to select entities, mirror them about the centerline, and update the sketch.

Solidworks

entities = sketch.SelectEntities([1])
mirrored = sketch.MirrorEntities(entities, [2])
sketch.Update([3])

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Aall

Bcenterline

Cmirrored

Dselected

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect variable names or forgetting to update the sketch.

First, select the selected entities, then mirror them about the centerline, and finally update the sketch with the mirrored entities.