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Pattern Boundary Blend Surface

  • April 2, 2014
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Hi,

I want to check if it is possible to pattern a boundary blend?

I tried doing this. The pattern would fail, I have to use Geormetry pattern instead.

I have a rectangle cut on a surface. I used boundary blend to blend. I can pattern the sketch, trim, but not boundary blend.

Is there a way to do this?


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Best answer by ptc-5498717

Thanks. I got it to work. I created the surface blend once first then create the pattern, then I go back and pattern the sketches, trim and sketch. That sims to fixed it.

I tried to group and pattern first, then create the blend then pattern. That did not seam to work.

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Mahesh_Sharma
Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire I
22-Sapphire I
April 2, 2014

Hi HH,

Boundary blend can pattern in a part. Possible reason for failure can be part accuracy, try to change the accuracy of part and check if that helps you.

Blend.jpg

Regards,

Mahesh

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ptc-54987171-VisitorAuthorAnswer
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April 2, 2014

Thanks. I got it to work. I created the surface blend once first then create the pattern, then I go back and pattern the sketches, trim and sketch. That sims to fixed it.

I tried to group and pattern first, then create the blend then pattern. That did not seam to work.

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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
April 2, 2014

Patterns can be fussy. Just changing a single reference can make a failed pattern function again.

Patriot_1776
Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
April 2, 2014

I've had instances where on one side of a part I gouped features, then patterend them, and on the other side it didn't work. So I patterened the first feature, then reference patterned the rest and it worked.

Pro/WORKAROUND at it's finest!

My question, is if you're making a bottle (and not just doing a learning demo), why go thru the trouble to make a Boundary Blend for those cuts (I assume, like the video)? You can make a very similar shape without all that baggage by simply making a cut, circular or elliptical if viewed from the top and use a round. You can even get tricky and use a variable radius round. Boundary blends are finnicky at the best of times, best to avoid them as much as you can in the real world.

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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
April 2, 2014

...or just sweep a surface through the bottle quilt, pattern them, and then merge them.

Patriot_1776
Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
April 2, 2014

Yup. For those little indents, in the real world, I'd never use a BB. But, as I mentioned I think he was trying a demo or lesson.

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