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cdspk1-Visitor
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January 10, 2013
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Pattern a Pattern

  • January 10, 2013
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Under what conditions can you pattern a pattern? - sometimes it's there, sometimes its not,


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wfalco16-Pearl
16-Pearl
January 10, 2013

No firm grasp on it. But I know it involves grouping.

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bokm96061-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 10, 2013
It all depends on how the sub pattern was created. If I recall the sub
pattern needs to be groupped prior to propigating it other pattern. Always
think about the order of operations at Pro/e will use to rebuild features.
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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
January 10, 2013
I think you create the first pattern, add that pattern to a group and then pattern the group.

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bfrandsen10-Marble
10-Marble
January 11, 2013
In Creo 2.0 you can pattern a pattern without using groups. This is from the Help Center:
Select the feature pattern that you want to pattern and click Model ▶ Pattern. Alternatively, right-click the feature pattern in the Model Tree and click Pattern on the shortcut menu.

/Bjarne
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DamianCastillo1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 11, 2013

A trick was needed back in the Pro/ENGINEER days but as someone else suggested, I think in Creo it's no longer needed. I have not tried this in Creo myself so I can't say for sure. If I have some time, I will play around with it later.


In Pro/ENGINEER, I did this out of curiosity and did the following.


I created an Axis and constrained it's two dimensions as needed. I then created a hole using that axis. I patterened the hole and then I patterned the axis itself.



"Too many people walk around like Clark Kent, because they don't realize they can Fly like Superman"

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DamianCastillo1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 11, 2013

I can't help but laugh or smile when I see your avatar picture. ROFL

In Reply to Wayne Falco:



No firm grasp on it. But I know it involves grouping.

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