David Thomas Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Has anyone got any good ideas for creating complex patterns of holes in a part. I effectively need patterns of patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 There is a trick.... Create a Hole. Drop the Pattern Tool from the Tools Catalog onto this hole. Create the desired Rectangular Pattern. Use the TriBall to Make a Pattern or a Link of this Pattern Set. So you get a pattern of a pattern. Plus you get the Auto-fill of the first Pattern Tool. Note: You cannot drop the Pattern Tool from the Tools catalog onto Pattern already using this Tool. It will give you an error and you will need to restart to get it to edit properly again. This is the effect of the VB code on this one. Only downside is that the Tools -Pattern does not appear in the Parameter Table so the editing has to be completed down at the shape level. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Twining Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Make sure you have "Tools-Options-Interaction-Enable master shape posistioning (with TriBall)" selected. I believe it is not checked by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Not sure why you need that in the case I described. It will not affect it either way I guess. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Twining Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 ...ahhh! Gotcha. I didn't realize that the Tools catalog "pattern" was not the same as the Triball "pattern". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgrein Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I also needed to make a pattern of a pattern, but did not know how. Thanks. What does "Tools-Options-Interaction-Enable master shape posistioning (with TriBall)" do? Is there any drawbacks to having it selected? Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgrein Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Pattern works, but I am unable to edit the original shape after it is created. I have attached a file that I have tested the pattern tool on. It started out as an H cylinder in the plate, but it disappears after I drag the pattern tool onto it. How can I change the hole size after? Is there something I have set wrong, or is that how it works? Windows 2000 professional, 8.0 PU1, hotfix 3. Thanks pattern.ics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Twining Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) What does "Tools-Options-Interaction-Enable master shape posistioning (with TriBall)" do? Is there any drawbacks to having it selected? 13014[/snapback] It allows you to select and reposition the master pattern shape (the shape you originally selected to creat a pattern via the tri-ball). By default, you can't bring the tri-ball up on any part of a "tri-ball" pattern after it is created. This switch will allow you to at least select the "master" shape for repositioning (in effect, re-positioning the whole pattern)...if you are into that sort of thing. Only drawback that I can see is if you accidentally move the thing around. It is one of the many defaults that get altered on first use when I am around Edited February 20, 2006 by Mike Twining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Yes that is a draw back to the VB Pattern Tool from the Catalog on intellishapes. You can edit the pattern shapes if it the pattern was a part. I will place an ER. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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