Issue: Rectangular Pattern (Sketch) along parametric path not recalculated

[Anonymous]

I have an issue. After listing the steps to reproduce my issue, I realized I could just attach the file. I leave it to the reader to decide which method s/he prefers. If you open the file then you can begin at step 16.

1. In a new design, select Modify -> Change Parameters
2. Enter the following as User Parameters
   1. rise = 7.5 in
   2. run = 11.5 in
   3. steps = 5 (no unit)
   4. diagonal = sqrt( (rise/in)^2 + (run/in)^2 )
      1. Regarding step 4, I do not like having to cancel my units before squaring, but that's probably a discussion for the IDEA section.
3. Create a new sketch.
4. From the origin create a horizontal line and dimension it with length = run
5. From the end of the horizontal line, create a vertical line, and dimension it with length = rise
6. From the endpoints of those two lines, create a diagonal construction line to form a triangle
7. Select the Sketch drop-down menu and select rectangular pattern.
8. Select the vertical line and the horizontal line as objects to be patterned
9. Select the diagonal construction line as the direction
10. Select spacing
11. Enter steps into the first quantity box.
12. Enter diagonal into the first distance box.
13. Enter 1 into the second quantity box.
14. Enter 0 into the second distance box.
15. Press OK 
16. Return to change parameters (Modify -> Change Parameters)
17. Change rise from 7 to 9
18. Observe that the steps are no longer connected and are no longer able to form a closed profile.

[innovatenate · Accepted solution]

Thank you for providing very detailed steps to reproduce this issue. I can reproduce this as well on my computer. I've logged report ID FUS-33183 for development to review the issue further. For now, you may be able to work around this issue by extruding the sketch and using the Model > Create > Pattern on Path command to pattern the items in 3D. This creates a timeline feature which can be computed by using the Modify > Compute All command. See the attached Work-Around.f3d file for reference.

Thank you for documenting and reporting this issue. We will look into it! If you have any questions, please let me know.

[Anonymous]

This issue hasn't been fixed.

Sketch patterns still don't update with parameter changes.

I can't extrude a 3D object because I'm not designing a 3D object - I'm trying to design a 2D layout with overlapping geometry.  I would traditionally use AutoCad for this, but was hoping to utilize a parameter driven sketch to visualize quick changes to complicated patterns.