topic Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS in Inventor Forum

RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

AnthonyHarris90842 — Fri, 26 May 2023 08:22:51 GMT

Inventor 2024

When I use circular or rectangular patterns in a sketch you do not see a preview of hat the patter will look like.

See image below.

Before 2024 you would see a highlighted pattern

Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

Mario.VanWiechen — Fri, 26 May 2023 11:36:40 GMT

Do not use patterns in a sketch, bad practice

I setup patterns using my sketch to get parameters

Use feature patterns, much easier to edit, can be used for assemblies.

Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

SBix26 — Fri, 26 May 2023 21:09:23 GMT

While I agree with @Mario.VanWiechen 's advice, I do use sketch pattern on rare occasions. When I do, I would like to see the geometry previewed as it is in previous versions. Definitely a regression.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2024.0.1 | Windows 10 Home 22H2

Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

johnsonshiue — Fri, 26 May 2023 22:55:52 GMT

Hi Anthony,

I must not have followed the steps correctly. I cannot seem to reproduce the behavior on 2024. Do you have Section View enabled? What is the Sketch Opacity level (Tools -> App Options -> Sketch -> Sketch Display)?

Many thanks!

Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

JDMather — Fri, 26 May 2023 23:13:01 GMT

@AnthonyHarris90842

Can you Attach a file here that exhibits this behavior?

Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

3D4Play — Fri, 26 May 2023 23:33:24 GMT

A sketch pattern preview in IV 2024 should look something/exactly like one of these two examples:

Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

SBix26 — Sat, 27 May 2023 21:55:47 GMT

Very interesting issue-- I tried yesterday before my initial reply, and my experience was the same as @AnthonyHarris90842 -- no visible preview of the sketch pattern. In order to capture a screen shot to illustrate, I just now tried exactly the same procedure (as far as I can recall) in the same file, and cannot reproduce it. Previews exactly as expected.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2024.0.1 | Windows 10 Home 22H2

Re: RECTANGULER AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS

AnthonyHarris90842 — Wed, 31 May 2023 11:19:12 GMT

Hi Gentlemen
I installed an update yesterday and it all seems to be fine again