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is pattern multiplication using a variable implemented?
aviv_harari
Member Posts: 4 ✭
Hi!,
I drew a cavity in my model and wanted to have a few of them. other parts are relating to the cavities so the logical notion to me was to put the number of duplication in a variable and use it in all the relevant places.
for some reason this is not working as planned. i get an error. using same variable in measurements is ok.
thanks,
Aviv
I drew a cavity in my model and wanted to have a few of them. other parts are relating to the cavities so the logical notion to me was to put the number of duplication in a variable and use it in all the relevant places.
for some reason this is not working as planned. i get an error. using same variable in measurements is ok.
thanks,
Aviv
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Hi, can you post a link to your document? Variables should work for anything other than a sketch pattern...
I believe the most common mistake is declaring the variable after the feature, it must be declare above the first instance of its use.
Cheers, Owen S.
Business Systems and Configuration Controller
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I need it in a sketch pattern to make the cavities..i seemed to me thought that sketch pattern are the way to make those holes using a variable. is there a way to duplicate the extrusion instead?
I made a sample document. now , when I want to put 3 holes instead of 2 I need to change in 2 places : the variable and the hole sketch pattern multiplication value.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4abaf2ce9f5a5939f8434406/w/1d943e967bbb6380c9acc630/e/2d4c468ddc3f96c9aecae0be
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Issue is still not resolved. I need a workaround to do this. any thoughts?0
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Hi, as stated earlier you cant use variables in a sketch pattern. (The variable for the length is fine.)
Here is a version of your file that uses a feature pattern to achieve the result you're after.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/78929e8a7b78b5ec9527ce12/w/518ba61b0baf6e738e1719aa/e/9dc387f56c241655b639a29c
Hope that helps,
Owen S.
Business Systems and Configuration Controller
HWM-Water Ltd0 -
@owen_sparks, is this intended to be public or just for @aviv_harari? If the former I can't open it here.0
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My bad, I forgot to make it public, should be good now.brian_jordan said:@owen_sparks, is this intended to be public or just for @aviv_harari? If the former I can't open it here.
Sorry, Owen S.
Business Systems and Configuration Controller
HWM-Water Ltd0
