AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Use Feature Pattern Select While Creating Pattern

Jun 29, 2013

How is it possible to use "Feature Pattern Select'' to make the Pattern a want in an assembly?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create A Pattern Off A Feature In Another Pattern / 2013

May 31, 2013

Is it possible to take a feature created by a pattern and reuse it to create another pattern?  I have a circular part on which I have created a linear pattern (using the rectangular pattern feature) of holes, 6 in total listed as 3 ccurrences.  if we number the holes 1-6, I would like to make a circular pattern based off holes 2 and 5.  I have been unable to figure out how to select the individual "occurrence" related to the hole once in the pattern feature.  If I create the circular pattern first and then the linear and try to suppress the others it supresses both holes in the occurrence.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Pattern Component - Associated Feature Pattern

Jul 31, 2012

I am creating an assembly with my base part being a weldment. I've added other components that mount to my base part. Now I need to add fasteners to the mating components. I have added my first fastener and now want to pattern the said fastener using the "Pattern Component" and by using the "Feature Pattern Select" option and selecting "Associated Feature Pattern". At this point I have already selected the component that I want to pattern and selected the "Associated Feature Pattern" to select my base pattern. The only problem is that I am unable to select the pattern desired.

A note on how my Weldment was constructed -The holes were created in the "machining" step of the weldment, not in the individual part before it was placed in the weldment assembly.

If I move the hole feature and its pattern to the individual part and then place it in the weldment assembly, I can then create an "Associated Feature Pattern" in my assembly file.Why can I NOT create the associated pattern when my hole features are created in the weldment assembly? Or am I missing something?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Circular Pattern Of Single Occurrence Of Rectangular Pattern

Mar 27, 2012

How can I make a circular pattern of a single occurence of a rectangular pattern?

A shaft has a rectangular pattern of holes (along its axis) on its surface. I want to pattern the 4th occurence of this hole pattern as a circular pattern? Can I do it in Autodesk. I can not select the a specific occurance of a patterned feature to pattern it again.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Spiral Pattern For A Feature?

Nov 21, 2012

I have a tube which I'm adding a pocket to the outside by removing some material. I then need to array that around the tube. However I need to offset each pocket along the length of the tube. I've attached the tube with one pocket (v2013) and a picture showing the pattern if the surface of the tube was unwraped.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Place Pattern Feature Onto Plate?

Jan 17, 2010

I have attached a jpeg file of a Plate out of a heat exchange.It shows half of the Plate but it is identical shape for top and bottom.I am able to create the solid shape but i need creating the numerous patterns onto the plate.How would i place the pattern feature onto the Plate?

Also from the picture there is a gasket.Would this be made as a separate part and placed on the Plate in a assembly file?Would the gasket be best made using sweep function?

I have created the plate as a solid model but would Sheet Metal also work or even be a better choice?

Inventor 2012

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Circular / Rectangular Pattern Feature

Jul 23, 2012

While using the Circular Pattern feature or rectangular pattern feature in Inventor, sometimes I want to extrude (join) or cut the drawings that I made (augmented) with using circular pattern feature, rectangular pattern feature. in this case do I have to choose all the augmented members one by one (for instance I make 42 augmented members), it can take a lot of time. also after applied any of these features I can't use trim feature, can I ? but sometimes using the trim feature after applying the Circular Pattern feature or rectangular pattern can be necessary.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Pattern A Feature Along Spline Curve

May 29, 2012

How to pattern a feature along a spline curve so that the resultants are separated by an equal linear distance (chord length), rather than as a function of the spline curve's length? 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Pattern Feature In Multiple Solid Bodies?

Sep 19, 2012

I have a Hole that cuts through 2 solid bodies, a gasket and a cover plate. I want to pattern the hole in BOTH solids at the same time, but the pattern feature dialog box will only let me select one solid at a time. I could pattern the hole in one solid before projecting to the other, but the quantity of the holes can change. When the quantity of the holes changes only the holes from the initial pattern are projected. For instance if I have 10 hole initially and it increases to 12 the 2 new holes do not project to the second solid body.

Using Inventor 2013

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Feature Disappears When Circular Pattern Is Applied

May 31, 2013

I created a partial sphere with six features on the surface of the sphere. I then applied a circular pattern to each of the siz features. I called the features r1, r2, ..., r6.

r1, r2, r5 and r6 worked as expected. there are 16 features evenly spaced around the surface.

r3 and r4 are different in that the original feature is missing after applying the circular pattern.

each of the six features is as identical as I could get them. I followed the same build seauence for all of them.

each feature is made up of four objects - cut1, cut2, sweep and dimple. I selected the four objects for a row, then applied the circular pattern.

If I delete the circular pattern for r3 or r4, the original feature becomes visible again.

So, why are r3 and r4 behaving differenly than the other four?

I have tried a number of things, including re-drawing feature r3 from scratch with no change in teh results.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Pattern Holes All Round The Ball Feature

Dec 23, 2011

please see attached....how do i pattern holes all round the ball feature?

INV2012

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Flat Pattern Not Working With Loft / Sweep Feature

Oct 10, 2009

Following on from my post regarding a sheet metal component that was unable to create a flat pattern due to creating the component in an assembly; URL....I have found out that it wasn't the in place component that was the problem it seems to be the loft and sweep feature that cause this problem. I have thought about using the extrude feature (as this works) to create the shape and then cutting the ends to get the angles I want but that would be time consuming.

I have set up the sheet metal rule to be 3mm mild steel, any way creating this component and being able to create a flat pattern.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Getting Graphically Selected Occurrence Of Rectangular Pattern Feature

Oct 3, 2012

We are using Inventor 2011 and I would like to make a small app that allows my users to graphically select one or more occurrences of a rectangular pattern feature  Then allow them to suppress them if desired.

I have determined the code to loop through the pattern occurrences and toggle suppression for any instance. What I do not know how to do is determine which occurrences have been graphically selected.

At this time I am only concerned with round hole features.  (Perforated metal)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Find Pattern Overlay / Pattern Of Holes For Metal Floor?

May 25, 2012

where could i find a pattern overlay/pattern of holes for a metal floor.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Circular Pattern / Rectangular Pattern Features

Jul 25, 2012

As you see in the template photo (the photo was scanned by Microsoft Security Essentials, healthy) I wanted to extrude my circle, and I made 28 pieces with circular pattern feature; now, do I have to choose all the pieces by one by to be able to choose all?

The sum of the problem: while using the Circular Pattern feature or rectangular pattern feature in Inventor, sometimes I want to extrude (join) or cut the drawings that I made (augmented) with using circular pattern feature, rectangular pattern feature. in this case do I have to choose all the augmented members one by one (for instance I make 42 augmented members), it can take a lot of time.?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Pattern Won't Update Unless Edit The Pattern?

Nov 20, 2013

I have an assembly which I am using as a icopy component. In the assembly I have the adaptive sketch which os used for the icopy function and a part which is adaptive to the sketch. I then have the part pattern itself in the assembly. The problem is the pattern will not update when changes are made unless I edit the pattern. The pattern references parameters from the sketch so that when the sketch changes the pattern should change. It works but the pattern will not update unless i open the pattern to edit it. Is there a vb function which will force the pattern to update when a change is made? I tried the update document vb functions but no change. I will try to get a sample together that is a smaller file size so you can see what I am talking about.

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Illustrator :: Creating A Pattern Containing A Pattern?

Jun 5, 2012

i'm using illustrator cs5. making a pattern containing a pattern. i have some illustrations that i've put a simple polka dot pattern behind. in order for illustrator to accept it as pattern, i've been expanding the polka dot part before dragging it over to the swatches panel. however, when i do this it slows everything down tremendously and usually makes the system crash.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Select New Hole Centers In Pattern

Apr 10, 2013

I have a part with a parametric pattern in the sketch. When the part gets longer, more holes centers are added to the sketch. However, Inventor does not automatically recognize and select the additional hole centers so the holes do not appear on the part.

If you are wondering why I don't just pattern the hole feature rather than pattern the center marks on the sketch it is because the part is a multi-body solid. The pattern feature does not allow you to select multiple solids. Since these holes need to go through 6 solids, I would rather create one sketch pattern and one hole feature than 6 feature patterns. (By the way, this is a major shortcoming to the mirror and pattern features in Inventor).

How can I set Inventor's hole feature to automatically select all centers (even new ones)?

Inventor 2013 SP1.1

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Way Of Creating Pattern

Feb 27, 2012

is there a simpler way of creating these patterns or a way of doing less work to create these patterns?can this be accomplished with a formula/ function?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Flat Pattern View?

Apr 9, 2012

I'm created the parts successfully with no error, but when I try to create a flatten view it kept giving me error. I notice that some people try to use chamfer to resolve this issue but I tried with no luck. Also, I play around with the gap size and still get the error. How to create the flat view for me so I could learn how to do it.

Inventor 2011
Window 7, 64bits

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AutoCAD Inventor :: 2014 Exits When Creating Flat Pattern

Jan 3, 2014

I am trying to 'keep up' with my students, thought I'd use the Tutorial provided, finished the 2mm_guard...went to Create Flat Pattern and...I've never seen an 'exit' that quick before. I'm running Windows 8.1 on what I thought was a 'magic' Dell XPS 12 -

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Circular Pattern Around Predefined Z Axis

Sep 28, 2012

How to create a circular pattern around the predefined Z axis. 

Dim oCompdef As ComponentDefinition
Dim oDoc As PartDocument
Dim oSketch As PlanarSketch
Dim oPart As PartFeatures
Dim oProfile As Profile

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Flat Pattern Of Bent Plywood Seat

Mar 15, 2013

I have a model of a plywood seat "blank" which I have trimmed by way of an extrusion cut to give the plywood seat its shape.  Basically I'll use my modeled shape to CNC rout the shape into the actual blank.  However, before I tie up a CNC to make my 1st part I want to create a flat pattern which I will lay on the actual plywood blank and cut it out by hand to see if the shape aesthetically works.  I am trying to unfold/ unroll/ flat pattern the shape in inventor (as a sheet metal part) so I can plot it but am not able to do so successfully (fails).  Is the shape to complex?  I have attached an image of the blank, an image of the finished shape desired and the .ipt.  I'm not an expert at sheet metal but I have successfully done this sort of thing before making flat patterns of transition cones etc so I do think I am following the correct procedure but this part is far more complex that I am used to.  Also, the model of the "blank" was imported as an iges from my supplier before I made it a thickened surface so I'm afraid inventor doesn't "historically know" how it was created and therefore cannot flatten it.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Flat Pattern Of A Coil / Spiral Shape?

Sep 25, 2012

Is there a way to unfold a coil shape to get the flat pattern? When I try to unfold the attached part I get an error message (see attached error_msg.jpg). We have been using AutoPOL to unfold these kind of shapes (which works fine). But since we have a very old version which we really need to upgrade, I was wondering if nowadays Inventor could handle coil unfolds.

If this will not work with the current IV2013 release, will this then be implemented in a future release? Are there any alternatives or should I just go for the AutoPOL upgrade?

IV2013 Pro SP1

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating A Pattern For Plasma Cutter / Spline Point Movement?

May 7, 2012

While tracing a tree image using splines for a school project i have run into some problems...I am creating a pattern for a plasma cutter.

When i move the points of my spline sometimes it causes the whole spline to randomly move around and twist and turn where there are no points. Also sometimes when i open the drawing some of the spline lines are out of place while the spline points have not moved.I have tried to constrain all the points but it turned into a mess.How can i stop this from happening?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Creating Sheet Metal Flat Pattern With Cutout Made In Assembly

Jun 18, 2013

I want to create a flat pattern of a sheet metal-part that I've used in an assembly. In this assembly I've made cut-outs in some of the parts (see attached .png). Is it possible to get at flat pattern of the specific parts with the cutouts? I can e-mail a ZIP-file with the assembly (the file was too large too attach).

Running Inventor professional 2013

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Sheet Metal - Creating Postform Features And Excluding From Flat Pattern

Aug 2, 2012

Let's say that I'm making a simple L bracket.  I'm going to form it, and machine the holes in both ends *after* forming.  So I don't want the holes to show in my flat pattern. 

On the few threads I found, the consensus seemed to be that you may have to have the part file contain no holes and put them in as assembly.  So I just accepted this that it must not be able to be done.

Then I ran across a piece of promo literature online from AutoDesk that made mention of the ability to create "postform" features that obviously are created after the forming process.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: 2011 Moving Geometry From Flat Pattern Sketch Space To Flat Pattern Space

Jan 2, 2012

I am trying to export geometry found in a flat pattern sketch overlaid onto the flat pattern.

Since I am creating the output file manually I gather the flat pattern boundaries and bend center lines for output to a file.

When I add flat pattern sketch entities to the mix they do not overlay properly.  What matrix would I have to push the sketch entities through to get them to the same coordinates as the flat pattern?

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Illustrator :: Create Seamless Pattern Bigger Than 9x9 With New Pattern Tool In AI6?

May 26, 2012

I played with the feature a bit and understand how to create the patterns. Problem is when I go to fill in my 12x12 space there are seams. I have chosen different sizes in the pattern window but all show up with seams when I fill the larger space. Am I doing something wrong or is the largest size you can create with this tool seamlessly only 9x9?

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AutoCad 3D :: Creating Flat Pattern With 2013

Jun 28, 2012

I have been looking all over to try to find a way to create a flat pattern from a 3D model in AutoCAD. I've found several sites saying it can be done on Inventor, but as I do not have Inventor, I would like to know if it is possible to do with AutoCAD, and if so how to do it.

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Photoshop :: Pattern Stamp Is Not Loading Correct Pattern In CS6

Sep 3, 2013

The pattern stamp is not loading the correct pattern in Photoshop CS6.  Although it shows the correct image when I go to Edit - Define Pattern, once I start painting I see that is not correct.I tried resetting my preferences.

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