topic Are Patterns With Nonlinear Spacing Possible? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Are Patterns With Nonlinear Spacing Possible?

gjpotter — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:25:55 GMT

I'm curious if any of the pattern methods in Fusion 360 support a way of having nonlinear spacing. The implementation that makes the most sense to me would be to have a variable (n), to stand for the copy number, that could be used in the input for the spacing. So you could designate the spacing as [n^2], or [6^n], or [1 / n], etc. in order to achieve nonlinear spacing. Does something like this already exist?

Re: Are Patterns With Nonlinear Spacing Possible?

laughingcreek — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 01:22:46 GMT

nope

Re: Are Patterns With Nonlinear Spacing Possible?

tomaz.kranjec — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:19:27 GMT

I know it is WAY too late but I figured it can help someone in the future.
So I guess it can be done but with a little workaround.
The object can be placed at any position not just linear and also distances between elements can be different or even calculated from previous distances.

I'm attaching images to see how it can be done.

We specify a number (div) that is greater than half of largest distance and make zig-zag path with equal lengths.

The result is a pattern on path and we have to put some equations in parameters:

Distance: ( d4 - 1 ) * div * 2

In this case d4 is the quantity. You can see that if you hover over it.

A few more examples:

Random: Square:

Fibonacci: