How to repeat circles along a path

[TimOdell]

Can someone point me in the right direction. I want to repeat (duplicate) a circle, rectangle or whatver within a sketch.  For instance, while drawing a sketch I add a rectangle that wish to repeat and duplicate it x number of instances. Once done with that I want to extrude them all afterward.  

Thank you 

[Anonymous]

Hmm, well in sketch there are circular and rectangular pattern, but no pattern on path.  So one option you have is to create a cylinder (by cylinder tool or sketch a circle and extrude it), as well as your path, then under Create > Pattern on path choose the Body selection option and select the cylinder, as well as the path.  Once done with the pattern create a sketch and go to Sketch > Project/Include > Project and select each cylinder to get the circles along the path, and viola!  A little out of the way but it works. 

You can of course turn off visibility of the bodies once done. 

EDIT: I just read you wanted to extrude the circles as cylinders, so in this case you of course can just do the first part I described, without needing to create a new sketch with projected circles.

Jesse