Auto-snap circular pattern when drawn on origin

HansPeterHaastrup

When making a circular pattern, the center starts at the origin. if this is not changed and the pattern is created the pattern is centered on the origin but not constrained to the origin.

It would be nice if the tool checked if the center was located at the origin and if it was, added the coincident constraint to the center. Otherwise the center can move later on.

I recognize that a counter-argument to this would be that it would be harder to change the center later on, but since the center location and the origin are located on top of each other it will still require some tweaking to get a hold of the center point before one can snap it back onto the origin.

lougallo

@HansPeterHaastrup Do you typically grab the center and drag it off and back on today?

HansPeterHaastrup

lougallo said:

@HansPeterHaastrup Do you typically grab the center and drag it off and back on today?

Hey - sorry I'm not used to being in the forums.. (a year since last!)

The reason I posted this was that I usually forget to grab the center and drag it back on to the origin.

I'm teaching students using onshape and I see this behaviour all the time - they simply forget to take the center of rotation into consideration.