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MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:51:52 GMT

I'm trying to make a dial on a part that was made in Catia V5 problem is I can't make a circular pattern has anyone else had this issue? I'm using 2018

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Mark.Lancaster — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:56:33 GMT

@Anonymous

The part from Catia is a dump solid and contains no model history to generate a circular pattern from. Look at your browser tree, any features listed there?

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:58:16 GMT

okay it's a htm file so if I make the changes needed bring it into the file then will it work?

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Mark.Lancaster — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:00:00 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

okay it's a htm file

What? HTM file.. Are you talking about the HTML report file of the translation? This has nothing to do with the actual CAD model. Show a screen shot of your browser.

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:03:25 GMT

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Mark.Lancaster — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:10:47 GMT

@Anonymous

See in your browser it just states partbody.. The entire model from CATIA is a single part entity and there's no features. So you can select anything in it to make a pattern from. Conversions from other CAD models or CAD application will always produce a dumb solid with no model history. However you could (if entitled to it), install the Feature Recognition add-in and then see if it will pick up features.

@Anonymous

But let me ask you this.. Is the information already there and you are trying to pattern it or are you sketching and making new stuff and its failing? I kind of read your original information both ways.

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:21:51 GMT

I'm making the gauge face as I need it. Would I be able to make an ipt and bring in an iam?

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Mark.Lancaster — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:27:56 GMT

@Anonymous

Ok lets back up.. I originally read it as though you were trying to pattern something that was part of the CATIA file.

In your browser image it just shows a sketch. Are you trying to pattern within your sketch? Can you save the ipt and share it here? Or perhaps show us what you are trying to do. Limited information at this time and its hard to provide a solution without knowing more.

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:56:42 GMT

Sorry about that out at a plane taking pictures of the dials that need to be made. I was trying to pattern the lines so they are evenly spaced then trim them. I could mirror them but couldn't trim them all. So that is why it looks like this this was a mirror try.preview of patternafter patterned

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:33:26 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I'm trying to make a dial on a part that was made in Catia V5 ....

Can you attach your original Catia file here?

I know I have personally posted several solutions to gauge dial problems here in the past.

I suspect that you are going about it all wrong - but without your file - I am reluctant create another example...

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:38:47 GMT

I hope this works

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:46:11 GMT

OK, now that I see your geometry - your modeling issue has absolutely nothing to do with CATIA.

This is a simple Inventor geometry modeling challenge.

Back in a while with the solution.

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

TheCADWhisperer — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 21:44:06 GMT

This should give you some ideas.

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:20:15 GMT

I was just unable to do a circular pattern were you able to do one?

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:41:36 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I was just unable to do a circular pattern were you able to do one?

Yes.

Re: MODIFING CATIA PART WON'T DO CIRCULAR PATTERN

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:03:18 GMT

Okay Thanks