Mirroring Nominal/Actual/Inspection Elements

[[F_...]]

Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding the mirroring of nominal, actual, and inspection elements.

I am working with a symmetrical component. My goal is to define elements (such as surface points, edge curves, etc.) on one side and then duplicate them to the other side using a mirror function.

Current issues:

1. The coordinate system origin is not suitable for this case. Therefore, I created an additional plane, which I intend to use as the reference plane for mirroring.

2. After performing the mirror operation (Element → Mirror), I encounter the following problems:

   • The edge curves parameter can no longer be edited (they appear greyed out).
   • 
   • For nominal elements, offset points are converted into simple surface points (see attached image).
   • original: 
   • copy: 
   • For actual elements, similar behavior occurs—the mirrored elements (e.g., edge curves) are no longer editable.

3. The only approach that works is using the officially provided script "Mirror Evaluation". However, this script only allows mirroring along predefined planes (X, Y, or Z) and not along a user-defined plane. i also tried to change the script code ( replacing the plane) but it did not work.

Has anyone experienced similar issues or found a solution for mirroring elements along a custom-defined plane while preserving their properties and editability?

Thank you in advance for your support!

[[Jo...]]

Hi,

seems to be intended.

They differentiate between "Mirror parametrically" and "Mirror geometrically".

https://techguide.zeiss.com/de/zeiss-inspect-2026/article/cmd_transform_element_mirror.html#FCT0EJDAE

 

[[Be...]]

Hi,

you have already given the answer: for arbitrary mirror planes we can't ensure that the parametric is "mirrorable" in (most) cases with the intended behaviour of the customer. This leads to more questions than answers and therefore we prevented this option.

Geometrically mirroring is supported with arbitrary planes!

Regards