【转帖】mirroring part brings no hole information

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mirroring part brings no hole information
how come when your mirror a part thru a plane, none of the hole information goes with it. so, when i try to create a drawing of a mirrored part and use the hole callout, junk.  
are you talking about mirroring parts in assys or mirroring features in parts?  i don't see the behavior you are talking about when i mirror features in a part.  the problem might come up in a drawing if you try to put a hole call-out on the same (mirrored feature), but you can still do it as far as i can tell.
dan
i take a square block with 3 1/4-20 holes in it. i then mirror it so i can get a left hand part.
i go to dimension the new left hand part and use the hole call out and the link has been lost. it does not call it out properly as a 1/4-20.

works for me!
which version of sw?
are you selecting the body or features to mirror?

it has never worked for us. must be we have a setting wrong.
sw 2009 x64 sp 1.0
(example) - i make a block. put 2 1/4-20 holes in the top of it. click a surface on the right hand of the block, click "insert, mirror part", put a check mark in all boxes (except for the lose link to original part box). now i have a "right hand" part (mirrored part). i make a drawing, and use the hole callout button on the holes.. and it just says .177 (depth) .557. there is no mention of 1/4-20 or quantity of 2.

i see the same behavior.  it looks like the hole wizard holes in a mirrored part are transferred as cosmetic threads.  strange one.
dan
ahhh, so you must be talking about mirroring a part in an assy. the wording in your op and second post suggested you were making the mirror at the part level. the hw info is transferred when mirrored at the part level and the hole callout works.
afaik, the non-transfer of hw info at the assy level has always been an issue.

^ no. i am doing this at the part level cor.
as i said. "i make a block"... that is at the part level.
i have never mirrored an assembly.

then i am very confused as to how you are able to "put a check mark in all boxes (except for the lose link to original part box)".
when i insert > pattern?mirror > mirror i only see options to select features, faces, or bodies to mirror. the only "check mark" options are for merge solids, knit surfaces and propagate material properties.
anyway if i use the bodies to mirror option and select the block in the graphics area, it works for me with sw09-sp1 x32.

... and here's the drawing.

ok, i just re-read your second post and it finally sunk-in that i was using the other mirror function. (another premature seniors moment) (
however, using the correct insert > mirror part function you specify, still works for me.