Grouping features

[ksauter]

I spent 8 years on ProE and am now using SW. I want to make a rotational pattern with a group of features, but I can't figure out how to group the features. In ProE, this would be dirt simple. Am I just missing something, or is grouping features missing in SW?

 

[fixturefanetic]

It's very simple. Insert pattern and simply click on the features in your feature tree that you wish to pattern. There's no need to group them.

KSharpe, Creations

 

[TheTick]

You can group features in the feature tree into folders. Select a set of contiguous feature in the Feature Tree, RMB, and hit "Add to New Folder".

 

[ksauter]

Thank you! It worked beautifully.

 

[J-C]

Would this make it dirt easier in SolidWorks?

Jason

SolidWorks 2007 SP5.0
SolidWorks 2008 SP0.1
WinXp sp2 (32 and 64 bit)

 

[ksauter]

No, it makes it intuitive. When I got into Insert>Pattern>Circular, it became obvious what to do. Actually, I had the features highlighted before I did that and they already populated the 'features to pattern' box, so I knew I was doing the right thing. And it worked.

KWS