Creating Rectangular Patterns

You can create rectangular patterns of a feature or a current solid.

You can duplicate flanges, cutouts, holes, mirrors, beads, stamps (except stiffening ribs), stamps without fillet and patterns.

Before you begin:
  • Create a web, a joggle and a cutout on the joggle.
  • Ensure that these features lie on a unique and planar joggle.
See Also
About Patterning
Creating User-Defined Patterns
  1. Select the object to duplicate.

    Note: To pattern a current solid, right-click the Object to pattern box and select Get current solid.

  2. From the Transform section of the action bar, click Rectangular Pattern .
  3. From the Reference element box, select an edge to specify the first direction.


  4. Optional: To reverse the direction, click Reverse or click the arrow in the work area.
  5. From the Parameters list, select one of the duplication parameters.
    OptionDescription
    Instance(s) & Length The spacing between instances is automatically computed based on the number of instances and the specified total length.
    Instance(s) & Spacing The total length is automatically computed based on the number of instances and the specified spacing value.
    Spacing & Length The number of instances is automatically computed to fit the other two parameters.
    Instance(s) & Unequal Spacing The total length is automatically computed based on the number of instances and patterns are separated from each other by an unequal length value.
    Warning: If you select Instances & Length or Spacing & Length parameters, you cannot define the length by using formulas.
  6. From the Reference element box in the Second Direction tab, select an edge to define the second direction.
    Additional cutouts are aligned along this second direction.
  7. Enter the values corresponding to the duplication parameters.
  8. In the Position box, define the localisation of the pattern from the reference element.

    You can click to distribute the instances symmetrically.

  9. Specify the rotation angle.
  10. Click OK.


  11. From the standard area area of the action bar, click Fold/Unfold .
    The pattern is updated on the unfolded view.