Adjusting patterns and dimensions with parameters
It would really help if you could attach your model, then the forum users will be able to diagnois your issue easier. If you do not know how to attach your Fusion 360 model follow these easy steps. Open the model in Fusion 360, select the File menu, then Export and save to your hard drive. Then use the Attachments section of a forum post to attach it.
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As @jhackney1972 has already suggested, please export your design and attach it to a post. If it is an assembly with linked components then the public link to it might be more appropriate. The link must allow download and that only works if you are using a paid subscription. Otherwise you'll need to use the Web interface to export the design as a .f3z.
My personal gut feeling is that, in the end, Fusion 360 still lacks some important features to make this fully functional.
What I see in your design is an incorrect approach to achieve that goal.
The very first thing you need to avoid is to design with multiple overlapping lines. That means after the first outer rectangle, use lines only! That will ensure that you reference the correct line segments when dimensioning.
If you sketch and pattern all the slots at once right in the 1st sketch, then each time you adjust the quantity, you'd have to re-select all the necessary sketch profiles. That's not going to work!
Don't pattern in sketches when it can be avoided as in this case. Extrude the base, then extrude a slot. Pattern the slot feature.
To illustrate @TrippyLighting point, take a look at this simple model of a partitioned box. Go into the parameters and change the Favorites and you will see the difference.
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