Center odds or evens linear pattern on face

luis_carvalho222

Hi, good afternoon everyone. I have a simple design that has a calculated linear pattern. Sometimes he is odd, sometimes even. When we build a centered linear pattern, in practice the pattern always comes in an odd number however it sometimes needs an even number of repetitions.

So what I'm wondering is is there a way to center a linear pattern on a face?

In the image below I'm defining the length x and y of the part based on a number of repetitions that I define. however I wanted to do the opposite, Center the entire linear pattern on the face.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/502c18cee5d4851cb5e5f2a8/w/a9eb7a8b8b4998431bb0f3b2/e/8aee177c63886fd36d81f0d2

SethF

I don't know of an easy way to automatically center even numbered linear patterns, but if you just change your math around a little bit, you can do it: Here's a copy of your model where I've made the math run from the length and width, instead of number of holes.

Right now I have it set up that the bordas are minimum values, so you can still choose your #esp spacing.

SethF

I don't know of an easy way to automatically center even numbered linear patterns, but if you just change your math around a little bit, you can do it: Here's a copy of your model where I've made the math run from the length and width, instead of number of holes.

Right now I have it set up that the bordas are minimum values, so you can still choose your #esp spacing.

luis_carvalho222

SethF said:

I don't know of an easy way to automatically center even numbered linear patterns, but if you just change your math around a little bit, you can do it: Here's a copy of your model where I've made the math run from the length and width, instead of number of holes.

Right now I have it set up that the bordas are minimum values, so you can still choose your #esp spacing.

You are the man! First, I'm sorry for the delay in answering you. I was kind of offline these days.

I had tried a lot of different calculations before, but I had never come up with something that actually worked. Thanks a lot for the help!

luis_carvalho222

You are the man! First, I'm sorry for the delay in answering you. I was kind of offline these days.

I had tried a lot of different calculations before, but I had never come up with something that actually worked. Thanks a lot for the help!