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John.Pryal1-Visitor
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March 21, 2013
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Group pattern issue

  • March 21, 2013
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Hi,

i have a small group of features patterned simply around an axis, & would like to remove one of the these features from the group, & from all the pattened groups. It is a cosmetic thread i want to remove, but when i try to delete it, the pattern fails, which leads to other failures down the line. Is there a cheat, a way of dealing with this, up until now i have just hidden them, but its a pain in the backside picking them all. I have never been able to understand why pro-e & now creo behaves like this.

Thanks

John


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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
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March 21, 2013

In Creo? When you pattern something, you can click on the black dots and it will turn white. This means that that instance will not be created.

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John.Pryal1-VisitorAuthor
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March 22, 2013

Hi Antonius,

yes i know this, but this does not help me. There are 4 features in each group, one of which is a cosmetic thread, i still require the other 3 features in each group, so i cannot turn off the instance, i simply want to remove the cosmetic from the group. Simply, now there's a word you don't often see when talking about Creo functionality.

Regards

John

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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
March 22, 2013

I see. Yes, if feature is a sub-feature it becomes part of the pattern and it is more difficult to remove. For "simplicity's sake" I would make a separate feature for that one hole. Cosmetic threads is not one that lends itself to being a stand-alone feature although it could be (old world).

I was able to make a hole in a pattern, then followed up with a reference patterns and omited one. Remember that you have to use the original to create a cosmetic thread to pick up the reference pattern.

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