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How to make a circular pattern of a revolve?
to_ca
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I am trying to create an enclosed gear to hold a beaded cord. I can create a cylinder with a single semisphere cut out. I then saw the circular pattern feature, which seemed perfect. However when I use it it seems to go wrong. The first time I used 'new' which just created a shape inside a shape of course. Now I'm trying to use 'remove', but now I get an error.
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The way I would approach it is to use the revolve to create the sphere as a new part. Then use the Circular Pattern > remove option. This will cut the sphere into the cylinder and even get rid of it for you after the action is complete: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6df6eb576dc7b1e5066caa73/w/899142034f3ca7ead9d915ae/e/a7fe6ae67d6600e71f9b0cd62
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The way I would approach it is to use the revolve to create the sphere as a new part. Then use the Circular Pattern > remove option. This will cut the sphere into the cylinder and even get rid of it for you after the action is complete: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6df6eb576dc7b1e5066caa73/w/899142034f3ca7ead9d915ae/e/a7fe6ae67d6600e71f9b0cd62
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The other option is to do a face pattern instead of a part pattern.Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc0
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Or yet another method, use a feature pattern to pattern the revolve cut feature.1
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@mahir
That will work, but feature patterns take longer to regenerate than part or face patterns (because they reapply the features, not just replicate the geometry).Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc0 -
Thanks Bradley, this is what I did. I created a single sphere and then when I used the repeat I did it with remove. I was a bit confused conceptually because I assumed the the circular repeat would repeat the removal, but I think what it did was repeat the shape inside the original shape, leading to confusing results.bradley_sauln said:The way I would approach it is to use the revolve to create the sphere as a new part. Then use the Circular Pattern > remove option. This will cut the sphere into the cylinder and even get rid of it for you after the action is complete: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6df6eb576dc7b1e5066caa73/w/899142034f3ca7ead9d915ae/e/a7fe6ae67d6600e71f9b0cd60
