Can't pattern a thickened surface

[Anonymous]

That's disappointing... bug or as designed?

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[Anonymous]

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
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> That's disappointing... bug or as designed?
>
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> Sean Dotson, PE
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[Anonymous]

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
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> 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
> > -----------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>