[NX8] Pattern feature question 1

[cubalibre000]

Hi,
If I use the 'Copy Feature' Output Setting, after I can't edit the pitch.
If I can't edit the pitch, what is the purpose of this options ?



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Using NX 8 and TC8.3

 

[JohnRBaker]

Exactly where did you find this particular Pattern Feature 'option'?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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[cubalibre000]

Hi John,
attached the option.

Thank you...

Using NX 8 and TC8.3

 

[JohnRBaker]

OK, to start with, these 'Output' options are only available when the Pattern Method in the dialog section above it is set to 'Variational' instead of 'Simple' (I generally only use 'Simple').

What this 'Output' option allows you to do is control whether an actual 'Pattern' feature is created or not, in addition to the features which are being patterned. So if you use the 'Copy Feature' option instead of 'Pattern Feature', ALL that you get are the copied features. This would be as if you had perfromed an individual 'Copy & Paste' for each new feature created. This means that there is NO positional relationship between the features, such as the 'Count' or the 'Pitch', which are NOT characteristics of the COPIED features, but ONLY of the PATTERN feature itself. In other words, if you use 'Copy Feature' there is NO new PATTERN feature which captures such parameters as the 'Cout' or the 'Pitch'. These are ONLY created if you use the 'Pattern Feature' option as the Output.

I hope that's clear.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

UG/NX Museum:

http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[cubalibre000]

John,
it's all clear now.

Thank you

Thank you...

Using NX 8 and TC8.3