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Unequal Circumfrence Pattern
stuart_every
Member Posts: 3 ✭
Wanted to copy a Circumferential feature, and found the tool to copy it as an equidistant Pattern. This component has the features arranged in an unequal spacing, around the Circumference.
I am used to being able to select the features, then copy them to another point, referencing a center of rotation, and and angle or dimension
Is there an 'elegant' way of achieving this?
I am used to being able to select the features, then copy them to another point, referencing a center of rotation, and and angle or dimension
Is there an 'elegant' way of achieving this?
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philip_thomas
Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,381 
stuart_every - thank you for your question.
YES - this is very doable.
The least amount of typing is to post a link to a public document - https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4c7b7c2a1173fe45cc13a2d5/w/71db9850ab3059afb3927247/e/0679a8b84a8f65e412cb0663
You can see the features, but the bottom line is that once you have created the generic pattern, its very easy to use direct editing to 'suppress' or modify any instance.
Beyond this workflow, if the offsets are analytical (meaning they follow an arithmetic progression), you may want to take advantage of the ability to pattern variables and expressions. This is an exceptionally powerful capability and here is a public document that shows some examples of what's possible
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/56c647ace4b07c2e48baaa91/w/53f8db88516f0bdb26c27d13/e/fe09d7737e3d60ebbc419289
I hope this helps - Philip
Philip Thomas - Onshape6
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YES - this is very doable.
The least amount of typing is to post a link to a public document - https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4c7b7c2a1173fe45cc13a2d5/w/71db9850ab3059afb3927247/e/0679a8b84a8f65e412cb0663
You can see the features, but the bottom line is that once you have created the generic pattern, its very easy to use direct editing to 'suppress' or modify any instance.
Beyond this workflow, if the offsets are analytical (meaning they follow an arithmetic progression), you may want to take advantage of the ability to pattern variables and expressions. This is an exceptionally powerful capability and here is a public document that shows some examples of what's possible
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/56c647ace4b07c2e48baaa91/w/53f8db88516f0bdb26c27d13/e/fe09d7737e3d60ebbc419289
I hope this helps - Philip