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Point Pattern Feature by Mate Connectors
corey_redmond
Member Posts: 4 ✭
When using Point Pattern feature, you can choose to pattern by points or Mate Connectors. For the former, the absolute orientation of the root feature/entity is preserved, which is correct. For the latter, the orientation of root feature/entity is also preserved instead of respecting the orientation of the local Mate Connector instance, which is not correct. At present, there is no functional difference when patterning by point or Mate Connector…they are redundant. Patterning by Mate Connector should function like patterning by axis-system in CATIA.
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For visibility, here is the FeatureScript in question: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9fca78cb66a0bc83e359eb3e/v/07cd4dc92eebefff4524a2fb/e/7052b96c07018ad97bbadbf9
This is a feature that a previous employee had worked on and not something that we officially support, however someone from our team or a member of the community may be able to make some changes to a copy of the feature in order to match the mate connector orientation.
I believe the Transform Pattern FeatureScript does what you are looking for.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6b982e3c0a039b6d40984f18/w/a8758b2ada19ff853f3529f0/e/faf01df33f2825fc8e751462
thank you so much!!!! will save me SOOOO much time🤩