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    *Dotson, Sean

    Can't pattern a thickened surface

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    11-05-2002 02:01 AM
    That's disappointing... bug or as designed?

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    *Glenn

    Re: Can't pattern a thickened surface

    11-05-2002 03:08 AM in reply to: *Dotson, Sean
    Sean,

    We have the following two cases for patterning a thicken feature:

    1. Thickened surface: For example, you have ExtrusionSrf1 and Thicken1. You
    cannot select either in a pattern command. It's as designed (for now).

    2. Thickened solid: For example, you have Extrusion1 (solid) and Thicken1.
    You can only select the Thicken1 as a "secondary selection" (just like
    Fillet) in a pattern command -- primary selection being Extrusion1 (solid).

    NOTE: In general, you can't pattern any kind of surface in Inventor (for
    now).

    Glenn
    Inventor Part Modeling


    "Sean Dotson" wrote in message
    news:BA58E0CDAD706BC2AF9C7B4DDD3563C4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
    > That's disappointing... bug or as designed?
    >
    > --
    > Sean Dotson, PE
    > http://www.sdotson.com
    > remove all #s from email
    > -----------------------------------------
    >
    >
    Please use plain text.
    *Dotson, Sean

    Re:

    11-05-2002 03:18 AM in reply to: *Dotson, Sean
    It was case one. I was designing a very thin contact and it was easiest to
    construct as a sketch line surfaced and then thickened. It would have be
    useful to be able to pattern this part....

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    "Glenn" wrote in message
    news:68CD3ED95D1BECAFF9EFEE0DE919519E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
    > Sean,
    >
    > We have the following two cases for patterning a thicken feature:
    >
    > 1. Thickened surface: For example, you have ExtrusionSrf1 and Thicken1.
    You
    > cannot select either in a pattern command. It's as designed (for now).
    >
    > 2. Thickened solid: For example, you have Extrusion1 (solid) and
    Thicken1.
    > You can only select the Thicken1 as a "secondary selection" (just like
    > Fillet) in a pattern command -- primary selection being Extrusion1
    (solid).
    >
    > NOTE: In general, you can't pattern any kind of surface in Inventor (for
    > now).
    >
    > Glenn
    > Inventor Part Modeling
    >
    >
    > "Sean Dotson" wrote in message
    > news:BA58E0CDAD706BC2AF9C7B4DDD3563C4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
    > > That's disappointing... bug or as designed?
    > >
    > > --
    > > Sean Dotson, PE
    > > http://www.sdotson.com
    > > remove all #s from email
    > > -----------------------------------------
    > >
    > >
    >
    >
    Please use plain text.