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how do I apply a circular pattern to a spline?
eliot_anderson
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how do I apply a circular pattern to a spline? I can't select splines when using the circular pattern. Is there a way around this? I'm trying to copy a curve around
a circle to make a cycloidal gear.
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In general, feature patterns are much more flexible, robust and powerful than sketch patterns.
Even better might be to use custom feature for a cycloidal gear so you don't have to do a lot of extra work.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/347e6a9ae9d0992f4b101a70/w/d85d62ab1c292cc0d3314104/e/5a215e91d870642000bb62ed
This hasn't been updated in a while so I don't know if any of the recent improvements to spline functionality (higher degrees, approximation, etc) have been used.
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else try to make a gear with only one tooth in 3d, and then pattern that tooth only (face pattern if possible.)