Creating Rectangular Patterns

You can create a rectangular patterns of holes as well as constraint areas. Pictures in this task illustrate a pattern of holes.

Before you begin: Open a mechanical product and create a board.
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About Patterns

  1. Create the hole or constraint area to be copied.

  2. Click Rectangular Pattern .

    The Rectangular Pattern Definition dialog box opens.

  3. Define pattern parameters along the first direction:


    • Number of Instances, for example 6
    • Spacing between instances, for example 10mm
    • Select an edge to define the Reference Direction along which the hole will be duplicated
    • Reverse the direction, if necessary.

  4. Select the Second Direction tab and enter values for the pattern along the second direction:


    • Instances: 2 for example
    • Spacing: 20mm for example
    • Reference Direction: select an edge perpendicular to the first edge.

  5. Click OK to validate.

    The pattern is added to the specification tree and the result looks like this:

    Notes:

    • The properties of the original hole or constraint area are extended to the pattern.
    • When exporting hole or constraint area patterns, the IDF file contains as many holes or areas as specified in the pattern.
    • You can create a more complex hole pattern based on an existing hole pattern. To do so, select the pattern in the specification or in the geometry area first, then click Rectangular Pattern. The properties of the original pattern are extended to the more complex pattern. This functionality is valid for hole patterns only.

    For more information about rectangular patterns, refer to Part Design User's Guide: User Tasks: Transformation Features: Creating Rectangular Patterns.