Hole Distribution

jeffrey_price

Silly question,

Lets say I need 10 holes

They are all equally spaced apart.

Is there a way to set my starting point and then end point and tell it how many in between similar to the blend command in illustrator?

jeffrey_price

I found it, It is linear or circular pattern.

jakeramsley

Hole locations are determined by sketch points.  If you want them equally spaced, I would use a linear pattern in the sketch for the points and then enter all of those points in the hole command.

1. Start a sketch on the face with the holes.  Sketch a point where you want the first hole to be.


2. Select the linear pattern pattern tool.  This will be used to pattern the points.


3.  With the linear pattern tool selected, select the point.  This will default a linear pattern of 3 points a set distance apart,


4. Double click on where it says '3x' and change it to the number of holes that you want.  I chose 10.  Then click off in the screen to accept the pattern.


5. Select the distance constraint that says '1' and hit the delete key to remove it.  I want my holes to be based on the edge of my geometry, not the interdistance between them.


6.  Use the dimension tool to dimension the last point to where you want it to be.


7. Click the green checkbox of the sketch to submit it.  Then start a hole command (make sure the sketch with the sketch points is still visible).


8. Box select the points to select all of them (Left click down, drag left to right, left click up).  Update your hole definition to what you want the holes to be.

karl_mochel

Linear Array needs an option for Divide by Length instead of Object Distance.