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pattern alternating from outside-in

pattern alternating from outside-in

Inventor has the option to do an alternating pattern working from inside-out, but it would be good to also be able to pattern alternating from the outside-in.

Usually it's the extreme / outer elements that need to be related to other features and drawing dimensions.
Currently if the number of elements changes these relationships / dimensions can break / point to the wrong element.
With an alternating outside-in pattern, relationships / dimensions to the extreme / outer elements would always stay consistent and stable.
The element numbers would look like:   1, 3, 5, ... , 6, 4, 2     (as opposed to   n, n-2, n-4, ... , 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, ... , n-5, n-3, n-1  )

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