Cannot edit sketch rectangular pattern - pattern icon not clickable

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Hello,

I now know it is not a good practice to create patterns in a sketch but I have this design that is made that way.

The problem is that when I edit sketch and then try to click the icon to edit the pattern the icon never darkens and I cannot select it. I have tried all possible combinations I can think of including deleting everything and leaving just the sketch and I still cannot choose the edit pattern icon. 

Any help?

Thank you,

Yiannis

[Anonymous]

OK responding to myself but would still like to know why this is happening.

If I click at any corner of any of the rectangles in the design and press delete then the pattern icon becomes selectable. Nothing seems to be deleted either. This is strange, am I doing something wrong or is it a bug? 

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

this looks like a bug.  The sketch constraints are visible, but not selectable.  To fix this, turn off "constraints" in the sketch, and then turn them back on.  I was able to select and edit the pattern after that.

"I now know it is not a good practice to create patterns in a sketch" - Yes, I do encourage people to do feature patterns instead, but that is not an absolute rule...  Yes, sketch pattern can be very slow, but when you have a small number of instances (this one has 72 - which is quite a few, but not excessive) and the geometry is simple, this can be a useful technique.  So, just be aware of the downsides of sketch pattern, and you'll be OK.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much for the swift response!

Yes indeed that works, I wish I had asked a couple of hours ago.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Thank you very much for the swift response!

Yes indeed that works, I wish I had asked a couple of hours ago.

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Most problems are solved here within minutes.

FYI - Did you try changing from the Parameters table?

[jeff_strater]

this has been created as a Fusion bug:  FUS-91397

[Anonymous]

Amazing support.

Yes that's how I was working on it but I wanted to do major changes that I couldn't do from the functions.

Turning off and on constraints worked and I finished my new design.

Thanks everyone for the help.

[kerrydstanley9]

I am having a problem that may be related to this thread. I am having difficulty understanding and managing dimensions and constraints, mostly because they don’t seem to be displaying properly. I am running the latest free / personal version of F360 on a Mac Pro with macOS Sonoma 14.1. The capabilities of the computer appear to well exceed the minimum requirements for F360, and I have successfully installed it twice recently.

Here’s the problem description: while working in Sketch mode, dimensions and constraint markers appear properly, whether they are automatically or manually created. I can remove manually created constraints. However, once I finish a sketch and then return to it, the dimensions and constraints do not display. Toggling Dimensions or Constraint on or off in the Sketch Palette has no effect. Here is a simple example: in Sketch mode I create two intersecting lines which are initially not perpendicular. I apply a perpendicular constraint, the lines adjust, and the marker appears. I can select it and remove it. I re-apply the perpendicular constraint, the marker re-appears, I finish the sketch, I return to the sketch, but the marker does not display. However, I can tell that the constraint is still active, because I cannot move either of the line segments in a way that would make the two line segments not perpendicular.

How can I fix this issue?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

please start a new topic and share the file

File > export > save as f3d on local drive  > attach to post

günther

[johnAMKDR]

Still doesn't work, at least not the way I'd expect.

I used a rectangular pattern and clicked OK to be sure it was done. It's not in the timeline, but the sketch and a subsequent extrusion are there and can be edited.

All I really want out of this design is a drawing of the sketch, so there is no point in making it into a feature.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Patterns in sketches do not appear in the timeline but are part of the sketch and can only be edited when the sketch is active.

günther

[TheCADWhisperer]

@johnAMKDR 

Do unconsumed sketch if you want in drawing. 

Attach your file here if you can't figure it out.

[CGBenner]

@johnAMKDR 

Hi, were you able to solve this from any of these responses?

[johnAMKDR]

Hello,

I didn't expect anyone to notice an addition to this old thread, so I started a new one. I did get some advice on that one and marked one as the solution.

John