Copy all parts on a face over another one.

angelo_scozzarella

I have an extruded rectangle and along one lateral face i have 30 cylinders in contact with face. How can i easily copying on all the other 3 faces?

robert_scott_jr_

Hello again Angelo. In your subsequent post (https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/17937/copy-all-parts-on-a-face-over-another-one#latest ) the document I linked to now contains new parts related to this request for help. I suspect the answer to this question may be already answered in that post. These new features and parts might provide some information exclusive to copy vs. sweep.

On the top of the post I place a mate connector (mate connectors are nice little helpers) to establish an axis for a circular pattern. Again on the front plane I created a sketch of 30 cylinders on top of each other using Linear Pattern. I then extruded all the cylinders using Up to Face in two directions. Using Circular Pattern, I selected all the cylinders and the option to Part Pattern (note the degrees of rotation and the instance count options). For the axis I selected the mate connector.

- Scotty

robert_scott_jr_

Angelo, it is more effective to get help if you post a link to the document that you are working on.

It's not that you are making a mistake in applying the feature. It is working correctly. In applying the Circular Pattern feature you told it to take the parts I have selected and position them 4 times in a circular fashion from this mate connector. There is no reference to at all to the column; the feature doesn't know or care that it exists.

In the case of a rectangular column, I don't think a part studio is the place to do it. I did it in an Assembly but I had to jump through a couple of hoops to get it done. I'm out of time to explain but will return tomorrow. Perhaps some other forum members will know of a feature or features to easily accomplish your goal.

- Scotty

robert_scott_jr_

Hello Angelo. In the assembly I mated the composite part to a 5" column side. Then used a Linear Pattern to duplicate the part to the opposite face using offsets. I repeated this with two other composite parts on the 7" sides.

I did manage to do the same thing in the part studio but used the Mirror feature. Things are more robust in the assembly since all parts are anchored in position.

Have fun. As a hobbyist, I am. - Scotty

robert_scott_jr_

Hello again Angelo. In your subsequent post (https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/17937/copy-all-parts-on-a-face-over-another-one#latest ) the document I linked to now contains new parts related to this request for help. I suspect the answer to this question may be already answered in that post. These new features and parts might provide some information exclusive to copy vs. sweep.

On the top of the post I place a mate connector (mate connectors are nice little helpers) to establish an axis for a circular pattern. Again on the front plane I created a sketch of 30 cylinders on top of each other using Linear Pattern. I then extruded all the cylinders using Up to Face in two directions. Using Circular Pattern, I selected all the cylinders and the option to Part Pattern (note the degrees of rotation and the instance count options). For the axis I selected the mate connector.

- Scotty

angelo_scozzarella

Scotty, thank you very very very much! I’m learning a lot thanks your help. I tried and all works perfectly. But, sorry for insistence, if the column is rectangular and not a square, on two side the cylinders are not place on the face. Where is my mistake?

robert_scott_jr_

Angelo, it is more effective to get help if you post a link to the document that you are working on.

It's not that you are making a mistake in applying the feature. It is working correctly. In applying the Circular Pattern feature you told it to take the parts I have selected and position them 4 times in a circular fashion from this mate connector. There is no reference to at all to the column; the feature doesn't know or care that it exists.

In the case of a rectangular column, I don't think a part studio is the place to do it. I did it in an Assembly but I had to jump through a couple of hoops to get it done. I'm out of time to explain but will return tomorrow. Perhaps some other forum members will know of a feature or features to easily accomplish your goal.

- Scotty

angelo_scozzarella

Thank you very much!

robert_scott_jr_

Hello Angelo. In the assembly I mated the composite part to a 5" column side. Then used a Linear Pattern to duplicate the part to the opposite face using offsets. I repeated this with two other composite parts on the 7" sides.

I did manage to do the same thing in the part studio but used the Mirror feature. Things are more robust in the assembly since all parts are anchored in position.

Have fun. As a hobbyist, I am. - Scotty

angelo_scozzarella

Thank you very much!