break link in pattern to modify a single copy

[robpage]

I made a pattern.  Now I want to add a fillet to a couple of the copies but not all the copies.  But, of course, if I modify one in the pattern, it modifies all.  Is there a way to "break the link" I guess you'd say?

I found this forum post but I don't really understand the solution.  Thx

[chrisplyler]

In a Sketch pattern: Select one of the pattern items and find the Pattern constraint icon. Select that icon and delete it.

[robpage]

Good info - but sadly, it's not a sketch pattern.  Patterned a component into multiple components.  Want to modify some of the copies.

[HughesTooling · Accepted solution]

There's no way to do this. Something you could try is make a copy of the component with boundary fill then Remove the original from the pattern, see attached file. A couple of tips, make sure the root component is active when you run boundary fill and set to make a new component. Editing the original before the boundary fill will update the copy, editing after will only affect the copy.

Mark

[chrisplyler]

Ah. Patterning a Component in its entirety makes copies of that Component, just as if you had copied/pasted it.

If you just want to change one instance, copy/paste new that component, which creates a NON-linked version. Suppress the instance you want to change from the pattern so it doesn't exist any more, and put that NON-linked version in its place.

[etfrench]

Why did you use Boundary Fill instead of Copy|Paste New?

[HughesTooling]

If you make a big change in design copy\paste can break and there is no way to pick the new body and you'll be left with a broken feature. I've had this a couple of times and the only option was delete the paste feature, of course that breaks all features referenced from it and it's a nightmare. In this case as part of a pattern it might not be a problem but from past experience I never use Copy\Paste to make a copy of a body. Boundary fill also makes the copy a new component in one feature as well.

Mark

[HughesTooling]

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@etfrench wrote:

Why did you use Boundary Fill instead of Copy|Paste New?

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Think I might have answer wrong question above. The reason I used Boundary Fill rather than Copy\Paste New is, I ended up with a derived copy so edits to the original update the copy. If you use Paste New you then have to edit both for features you want the same on both. Yes you can use parameters to help maintain sizes but that's no help if you add more features before the copies were made.

Mark

[etfrench]

Boundary Fill looks like a good replacement for the Copy|Paste command, but not the Copy|Paste New command. 

Thanks for showing a better way to make clones.

[melvinbrian3d]

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@HughesTooling wrote:

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The reason I used Boundary Fill rather than Copy\Paste New is, I ended up with a derived copy so edits to the original update the copy. If you use Paste New you then have to edit both for features you want the same on both. Yes you can use parameters to help maintain sizes but that's no help if you add more features before the copies were made.

Mark

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ohhh wow interesting.. i didn't know that. so for now i will try the boundary fill instead of copy/paste

thanks!!

[hawesw1985]

Really, "expert elite", but there's just no way to do it? Impossible? Couldn't be retroactively scripted into the program, added into an update, figured out by any programmer anywhere?

"Expert elite"...

[etfrench]

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@hawesw1985 wrote:
Really, "expert elite", but there's just no way to do it? Impossible? Couldn't be retroactively scripted into the program, added into an update, figured out by any programmer anywhere?

"Expert elite"...

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How much are you willing to pay for the script?

p.s. Expert elite are not Autodesk employees.

[hawesw1985]

My apologies for assuming you were an autodesk employee.

I still think it should be a basic feature. More basic than the "everything
attached to everything else" default.

[nigel76FS8]

Yes, this is incredibly annoying. There should just be a checkbox! Worst is that the mirroring every change thing thing only seems to work sometimes.