Pattern parts in an Assy

[ShaggyPE]

Is there a way to pattern parts in an assy along a pre-defined curve. I don't think there is.
I can pattern a body in a multi-body part to achieve the desired effect, but I want an assy. Any suggestions?

 

[JNR]

I think there is - think I did it the other day. Heck, I'm so busy at the moment I have to take a break now and again and do THIS to let my mind regroup. I have to go home now, but I'll take a look as soon as I get a chance.

Be naughty - save Santa a trip.

 

[SBaugh]

In SW04 you can use a feature of a part. Insert\Component Pattern\Feature Driven. The other choices are Linear and circular.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[craigj]

There is linear driven, circular driven and feature driven, but as far as I can tell there is not such thing as curve driven component pattern. As you stated in your post you can make a curve or sketch driven pattern within the particular part but then you end up making a multibody part...yuck.

One work around might be to create a set of dummy features to pattern to and then hide them afterwards...but thats a kludge.

Let me know if you figure something out.

Regards,
Craig J

 

[ShaggyPE]

I've used the feature driven pattern for filling hole-wizard holes with fasteners. I attempted to use this earlier, to no avail. What I actually need is a curve driven pattern in an assy.

Thanks for the help and any further comments.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Position two planes so that they intersect along the centreline of the curve you want the arrayed part or parts to follow. Create an axis using the two planes. Select the part or parts & the axis you just created, then activate "Insert>Component Pattern>Define your own pattern (Local) and Arrange in a circular fashion (Circular)>Next>Set yor positions>Finish"

 

[SBaugh]

CorBlimeyLimey,

Insert>Component Pattern>Define your own pattern (Local) and Arrange in a circular fashion (Circular)>Next>Set yor positions>Finish"

That command is from SW03. It's different In SW04.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Scott

Shaggy18VW didn't mention what version was being used. Unfortunately I do not have 2004.
Does 2004 not have a similar function?
Why would SW remove it?

Thanks for the heads up, anyway.

 

[ShaggyPE]

I am using 2003 sp5. Unfortunately I don't want the pattern to be arrayed about an axis. I need the part to be normal to the curve. Essentianlly the thing I am modelling is a set of thin sheets cut to a profile and laminated together. I can model the final result as a part by sweeping the profile along the curve, keeping normal and constant. Keeping Normal and Constant is the key. I would like to reproduce this in a manner the way the actual part would be manufactured. I want to create an assy, stacking these laminations at the same time "skewing" them along a curved path.
I'll investigate the above mentioned options. Thanks

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the heads up, but I am confused. I dont have SW04 & Shaggy18V did not specify which version was being used. Are you saying that SW has removed the ability to make a circular array of a part in an assembly, other than by using a pattern feature of another part? Why would they do that?

 

[SBaugh]

CorBlimeyLimey,

What I posted to you was only an FYI - I didn't mean to offend you.

Are you saying that SW has removed the ability to make a circular array of a part in an assembly, other than by using a pattern feature of another part? Why would they do that?

You can still make a circular pattern. Insert\Component Pattern\Circular

In my first message I mentioned that - In SW04 you can use a feature of a part. Insert\Component Pattern\Feature Driven. The other choices are Linear and circular.

Shaggy,

You posted above that your looking for something like a Curve driven pattern in an assembly. That's no availalbe in an assembly. Like CorBlimeyLimey has pointed out above... that is the only way, that I'm aware of, that you could control a pattern like that in SW03.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Hi Scott,

No offence taken. I'm grateful for the update.
You mention that it is different in SW04. In what way?

In casae you were wondering, the duplication of reply was because my web page synchronization is screwed up. I have to do a refresh to see the latest reply, including my own. So I thought my first reply had not gone through.

Regards.

 

[b0yw0nder]

Anyone ever figure out a way to do this?

Basically you are trying to do a circular pattern while doing a linear pattern at the same time right?

I'm trying to stack circular plates with arrays of holes in them. But at each level of the stack, the plate needs to be rotated slightly by the center axis.

Things i've tried:
1. creating a part that has a helical sweep, creating it as a surface and mating a point on the disk to the surface then doing a linear pattern. However, as the pattern progresses, the point to surface mate doesn't get copied to the next part.....it simply stacks
2. circular pattern as described here....there is no linear motion to the pattern
3. in the helical sweep part, doing a pattern along curve at the right interval and trying to use that as a feature driven pattern in the assembly. getting the error :cannot pattern: could not find proper pattern location

is there a way to do a linear pattern + circular pattern at the same time?
is an equation based assembly required?
is there a way to do some kind of reference pattern?

there are lots of examples of things moving along splines, but I have never seen an example of say bricks stacking along a spline

 

[b0yw0nder]

I also attempted to create the disks in context so that the seed hole location was referenced by the spline and then linear pattern. But again, with linear pattern, it still wouldn't copy the references for that feature, it merely translated.

There is a post about a helical pattern, but it didn't go anywhere.

JPC