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kpritchard1-Visitor
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April 13, 2014
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Point Pattern - How to access the number (count) of Pattern Members

  • April 13, 2014
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Hi All,

Any ideas how to get the number of Pattern Members when using a Point Pattern? I'm not looking to drive the number of Points in the Sketch with this, it's display only. Use case is an irregular pattern of holes, and everything works fine except I don't have a way to add the number of holes to the hole callout. On a Dimension (and Table Pattern I think) this shows up as a parameter that can be added.

Thanks in Advance

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jsarkar1-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 14, 2014

I am also searching the same not only for point also for fill pattern. I guess you may need to add an idea.

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JWayman1-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 14, 2014

This sounds like an extension to this idea:

http://communities.ptc.com/ideas/3639

If everybody votes it up, maybe PTC will implement it in Creo Parametric 14.6, or perhaps even sooner...

    Dale_Rosema
    23-Emerald III
    Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    June 13, 2017

    Corrected link:

    Create an Automatic Parameter for total pattern members

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    dgschaefer21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    June 12, 2017

    Over 3 years later, is this still not possible?  I'm driving hole features by a point pattern in Creo 2 and Creo knows the number of holes because it adds it to the hole note, but I cannot reuse it elsewhere. 

    In the hole note it's &PATTERN_NO, but that doesn't work anywhere else.  I tried &PATTERN_NO:fid_3047 where 3047 was the feature ID of the pattern and that failed as well.

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      wnicsir1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      March 29, 2018

      [Edit] I misunderstood your question. Sorry about that. I don't know the answer to your question. Hopefully you found a way.

       

      [Original Respond]

      Fortunately there is a way, although not very intuitive (you all know how user friendly Creo is). Choosing your pattern feature, right click and click Edit (NOT Edit Definition), the dimension will be displayed without going into the Pattern function. Hover your mouse pointer above the number of pattern dimension, and if should display the dimension pxxx:Fxxx(PATTERN), then you can use that pxxx dimension, or you can click Switch Dimensions and it'll show the variable too.

      3 years late, but hopefully other people will find this helpful.

       

      Good luck.

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        ryanmoore00014-Participant
        4-Participant
        November 16, 2020

        the described method may work for a circular pattern like in the below linked video, but in my case i have holes located by 4 points at the corners of a construction-line rectangle. when i click & select edit dimensions, the dimensions of my construction-line rectangle are shown, not the # of instances of holes.

         

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpzO3HqrbO4

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        ptc-51323238-Gravel
        8-Gravel
        July 29, 2021

        There is a way, if you use a secondary tool. You can write a script to analyze the program code and count the holes there. I use the freeware CreoSON for it, and afterwards add it to the dimension text. But it is not simple to achieve and will not automatically update when you change the pattern.

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