Circular Pattern Tool - Quick Question

[richardsalzman]

I am trying to use the circular patter tool to generate a pattern in two dimensions.  The final result will be a cube in a cube created by boring holes in all six sides of a cube.  I successfully used the circular pattern tool to repeat the pattern around an axis parallel to the x-axis, but when I try to used the tool to repeat the pattern around an axis parallel to the y-axis I an unable correctly select only the features I want.  The selection tool selects other elements as well and I do not get the desired results.

One other question, when I use the circular pattern tool, there three options for compute type:  Identical, Optimized and Adjust.  Can anyone tell me the difference between these?

Should look like the first image, but ends up looking like the second image:

[a.laasW8M6T]

In your second pattern you only had 3 out of the 4 features selected:

You need to select all four then it works correctly

If you hover over the compute types in the menu it explains what each of them do.

also see here:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-195A1C75-1C94-47AE-A10F-DBCC17C2A212 

[richardsalzman]

Hello Andrew,

Ok.  I'm Not sure what I was doing wrong, but I managed to fix the selection issue.

For some reason, I get errors if I do not use:  "Identical" for the first circular pattern, and "Optimized" for the second circular pattern.

[a.laasW8M6T]

I managed to get them to both work using Adjust

[richardsalzman · Accepted solution]

Yes.  It looks like your trick of unchecking the axis solved the problem I was having with respect to being able to select the correct features.  

With respect to selecting the correct compute type... The jury is still out.  For me, I get the same errors as the previous post unless I use adjust for the first circular pattern followed by optimized for the second.

At this point, not to worry.  I think I am all set.  Thanks so much for your help!

Richard