topic Re: Sketch / Point driven pattern in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Sketch / Point driven pattern

stefanvanderheijden — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:51:52 GMT

Hi all,

Am I correct in concluding (after looking for it) that Fusion doesn't offer a sketch driven pattern (like Solidworks)? I'd really like such a pattern feature.

Alternatively, I'd really like it if move/copy > Point to Point would allow me to select multiple Target Points, that would in practise result in the same functionality.

typical situation where I'd like point-driven pattern (would be faster then mirroring the parts).

Allowing me to select multiple Target Points (and thereby creating multiple copies) would results in the same behaviour.

EDIT: A better use case example (not symmetric):

A wooden block with holes in it (driven by point-driven-holes).

One hole has a dowel in it, I want the dowel component in the other holes.

Thanks for the great product!

Stefan

Re: Sketch / Point driven pattern

TrippyLighting — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:30:19 GMT

@stefanvanderheijden wrote:

Hi all,

Am I correct in concluding (after looking for it) that Fusion doesn't offer a sketch driven pattern (like Solidworks)?

Unfortunately, yes!

I've asked for this at least 10 years ago!

Re: Sketch / Point driven pattern

stefanvanderheijden — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:37:12 GMT

There really are situations where point-driven pattern is the only elegant solution 😪

btw, my example isn't really the best as the part still is mirrored along X and Y.

Re: Sketch / Point driven pattern

TheCADWhisperer — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:38:23 GMT

@stefanvanderheijden

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply for experimentation with various techniques.

Re: Sketch / Point driven pattern

stefanvanderheijden — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:53:09 GMT

I've added and example usecase to the original post 🙂

Re: Sketch / Point driven pattern

laughingcreek — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:15:38 GMT

duplicate with joints is probably the best option here-

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