How to Model "Diamond Plate" Pattern

matthew_stacy

Has anyone in the Onshape community had success modeling "diamond plate" (textured aluminum or steel for tool boxes, floor surfaces, etc.)?  I'd love to hear how you approached this.

TimRice

Here is my attempt:


https://cad.onshape.com/documents/960d506f8f974586c1801821

In general we do not recommend highly detailed patterns like this as it is often not necessary. If you do absolutely need a pattern you can use a Split face feature to split the initial two bumps and then use a Face linear pattern to pattern the rest.

matthew_stacy

@TimRice that is a sensible approach.  Computationally non-intensive and communicates the intent graphically.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Regards,

-Matt

gary_tessman

I realize this is an old post, but might be helpful for anyone else who runs across this.

I found this texture custom feature which does this easily: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/16576/texture-new-custom-feature

martin_kopplow

If at least basic texturing was available directly in the modeling space, this'd be much easier.