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configuration / linear pattern
i have a rectangle block where i am putting in six holes. i used the linear pattern to add the six holes. now i want to make a three hole version exactly half the size. is it possible to specify the configuration on which patterned holes to suppress? i am using sw2008.
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double-click the pattern in the task pane (do not right-click and edit feature). after double-clicking the pattern, double-click the quantity number and pick "this configuration".
now each pattern will have independent quantities.
alas, i don't have a design library to reference to so i can't go this route. i see what you are saying though.
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alas, i don't have a design library to reference to so i can't go this route.
would you explain that statement, please?
i'm not sure where you're getting "design library" from. unless possibly from flores' reference to the "task pane." i believe he meant "feature manager design tree."
-handleman, cswp (the new, easy test)
yeah that is what i thought he meant. and when i looked in one of my books i saw that the only option he seemed to be suggesting was that of a "design library".
so right now i have
1. a sketch of the rectangle which is extruded
2. a sketch of the hole which is the linear pattern.
in the feature manager design tree (fmdt) i see sketch but not the pattern. i double click on the sketch but it only opens it for editing. i then can right click on one of the circles and see "pattern0". to make life easier, i have uploaded this simple-yet-doing-my-head in part.

ok, the problem is that you used a sketch pattern rather than a feature pattern. make your sketch so that it contains only one hole and use a feature pattern to create the rest.
-handleman, cswp (the new, easy test)
thanks guys, once again a sldprt was worth more than a few posts.
oops, wrong terminology but some of you knew what i meant.