WF5: Using Curve pattern
Try this - make a U-shaped datum curve. Then sketch a datum curve spine from the curve in the plane of the U-curve. Then pattern using the Curve option. The shape one should get is a U-shape with a bunch of lttle spines sticking out of the same side, like a beard, if the spine started towards the outside.
What I get in WF5 is spines that float away from the U in the radius portion of the curve and then reattach on the wrong side.
Apparently there is a flawed assumption made by the Curve pattern generator that the geometry is equally biased on the curve.
To 'fix' this I tried to add equal disposition about the curve. So I create the spine like I want, but had a tiny line segment on the other side that extends just as far away. Hopefully the little segment is not noticeable.
I then replaced the tiny segment with a geometry point (not the default sketch point, but the other one). This also worked as long as it was the same distance away from the curve as the furthest extent of the line.
I tried a construction circle, but apparently the flaw is in the geometry duplication stage.
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