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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
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July 14, 2014
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pattern using rotate and distance

  • July 14, 2014
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I must be getting tired.

 

How do I get this pattern to work?

The 1st element is rotation, and the second is a linear translation at the rotated position.

 

Seems elemental, but I cannot seem to figure out the UI to make this work.

 

thanks in advance

 

pattern+R-L.PNG


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Best answer by TomD.inPDX

I got it to work. Seems relation driven dimensions cannot be used the Direction 1, or certain other types of dimensions. It just ignores the entry rather than providing a warning! Bad form

This is an axial rotation pattern where Direction 1 is d127, which is a vertical dimension from the datum to the long horizontal line. The increment is total:offset*(#:pattern-1)/(#:pattern/2)

pattern+R-L_solution.PNG

pattern+R-L_result.PNG

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TomD.inPDX17-PeridotAuthorAnswer
17-Peridot
July 14, 2014

I got it to work. Seems relation driven dimensions cannot be used the Direction 1, or certain other types of dimensions. It just ignores the entry rather than providing a warning! Bad form

This is an axial rotation pattern where Direction 1 is d127, which is a vertical dimension from the datum to the long horizontal line. The increment is total:offset*(#:pattern-1)/(#:pattern/2)

pattern+R-L_solution.PNG

pattern+R-L_result.PNG

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Inoram14-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
July 14, 2014

cool! but, more time consuming?

Or is there detail there you aren't showing us?

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TomD.inPDX17-PeridotAuthor
17-Peridot
July 15, 2014

Matt, this is only a simplistic model of what I am trying to do. In the mnore complex version, I am running into all kinds of limitations including wrong origins and not being able to correct for them and models not tilting or not rotating. Really frustrating!

I am trying to mimic this interpolation of a gear hob. This requires moving the pattern across the surface of the pitch diameter while tilting it.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/t7uvkRgkL8M/hqdefault.jpg

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