Challenged creating a grid on each face of a cube?

[happyday.mjohnson]

I have tried pattern, redefine (sketch)...i feel i am missing some fundamental concept that would make it simple to copy the grid pattern on all remaining faces of a cube.   What am i missing?   Here is an image (thank you):

[catot · Accepted solution]

I would have made the sketch for the cut in the centre of the cube (create a midplane if it's not centered around the origin planes), and then use extrude with cut all to one side only. If the cube is not centered around the origin planes, then make a midplane for the other direction of the cube (perpendicular to the first midplane), and make an axis in the intersection between those two planes. From there you have a couple of options:

• Use Circular pattern around the centre axis, select 4 as the number of instances. (see Cube attachment)
• Use Circular pattern around the centre axis, select 2 as the number of instances, and 90deg as the angle. Apply two mirrors to complete the design. (see Cube 2 attachment)

You can see the difference between the two options/files:

[happyday.mjohnson]

Thank you.  Here's what I ended up doing... I created a cube with the origin in the middle of the cube.  I made the sketch/extrude on one side. Then I used circular pattern with 4 to go around each face around one axis. Then did another circular pattern w/ 4 to go around another axis (I find it hard to figure out what axis is what...so the first axis was the green, the second the red)....

Again, I very much appreciate your answer.