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How do I put a multiple holes in a circular pattern on a cylinder
cedric_orejola
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I am struggling with adding multiple holes around the outside of a cylinder. The circular pattern only lets you work on the plane you are sketching. Is there a way to have a hole applied to the outside but using the circular pattern on a plane normal to the circle?
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Couldn't you save a few steps by making a blind hole with the hole tool then using the circular pattern tool?
Also wanted to mention for anyone else searching out how to do this, the circular tool is not located in dropdown menu as part of the pattern tool.
For Gif recorders see https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/13813#Comment_13813
I haven't tried but I would have done the same as @shanshan because unless it changed recently the pattern tool doesn't accept features.
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Does anyone know how to use the hole tool to make a circular pattern around a spherical object? I can do this using the method posted by shan in the above post. But I've been trying to use the hole tool to create a circular pattern:
And for anyone else searching up how to do this, be sure to check out this onShape tutorial on making a pipe flange
https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/lets-make-a-pipe-flange
You'll use the revolve feature to draw a round object, then use the circular pattern tool to patter a hole around the flat surface of the flange. This tutorial will only take < 10 min drawing the model from scratch. It offers a third way of using the pattern tool different from the two method discussed above.
1. Right click on the canvas and choose 'Create selection...'
2. In the 'Create selection' tool, click the drop down and choose 'Hole'. This will try to infer a hole based on the faces selected.
3. Select one of the faces of the hole. Notice that the rest of the faces should highlight as well.
4. Click 'Add selection'. Notice that your one selection has now put in four selections in the circular pattern dialog.