Creating a Pattern Inside a Shape.

[Pravs24]

Hi,

I am trying to create little holes of a Speaker Box like this 

I can only find the circular pattern and rectangular pattern. How do I Create all the little holes around a shape or inside a shape so that it fill all the area with small cuts evenly throughout the whole shape. This is my model so far and I would like to make holes in a Slot Shape on the side: 

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[Cathy.Wang_Autodesk]

Thanks for using Fusion!

You can try to use Path Pattern, you can select a edge or sketch lines as a pattern path. For Pattern Object, you can select faces or feature.

Enjoy it!

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[Pravs24]

Thanks for your reply. So just to confirm, I have the Slot Shape as shown above that needs to be filled in with lots of little circles. Where should I draw the first circle before I use Path Pattern. Can you please explain further as I am still not quite fully sure.

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[Cathy.Wang_Autodesk · Accepted solution]

Thanks your patient!

Currently, Fusion have no feature to do the pattern on faces. So we cannot patten the object on the cambered faces directly.

We have two ways to finished the model 🙂

One is using path pattern to create the model. Another is using decal to put a picture on the model.

• Pattern

1. Create a hole on the model. Hole is vertical the face automatically, if we use other shape, we need create a sketch profile which is vertical the face and extrude it.
2. Invole path pattern, select the slot edge as path and select the hole as object
3. Switch the distance type to Spacing on path pattern
4. Switch the Orientation to Path direction.
5. Setting the quantity and distance and OK. Please refer the screenshot
6. After a circle of holes are finished. We can repeat the same workflow to do another path pattern.

• Decal

1. If you don't need 3D print the model. Using decal is a good choice. It looks better and it have the good performance 
2. Go to import->decal. 
3. Add the picture what you like and adjust it.
4. This is the model I used your picture
5. 

Enjoy Fusion360!

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[Pravs24]

Thank you! I tried the first option and it worked perfectly!