{"id":16171,"date":"2017-02-28T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=16171"},"modified":"2017-03-10T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T16:35:52","slug":"solidworks-tech-tip-curve-driven-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2017\/02\/solidworks-tech-tip-curve-driven-pattern.html","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip: Utilizing Curve Driven Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While some of the common patterning commands like Linear Pattern and Circular Pattern can accomplish your modeling needs, sometimes a feature needs to be patterned along a face that has a custom curvature. The Curve Driven Pattern command allows you to pattern along a curve, which is extremely helpful when the pattern needs to be created on a non-planar face. Check out the video below to learn more!<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p0CQ0jyKPfQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Want to see more SOLIDWORKS Tech Tips? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLiKqXuECiKNJwkQwpqcP4cUWXWcpr-vd6\"><strong>playlist on YouTube<\/strong><\/a> to catch up on past videos or you can even jump ahead to the next video!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a suggestion for the next Tech Tip? Tell us in the comments; we&#8217;d love to hear your ideas!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/try-solidworks?utm_medium=Social_Network&amp;utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=201703_MySolidWorks&amp;utm_content=Techblog_trial_&amp;utm_term=link-banner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/MySW_Online_Trial_Hero_Banner_961x250_Opt_1.jpg\" width=\"961\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/MySW_Online_Trial_Hero_Banner_961x250_Opt_1.jpg 961w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/MySW_Online_Trial_Hero_Banner_961x250_Opt_1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/MySW_Online_Trial_Hero_Banner_961x250_Opt_1-768x200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/MySW_Online_Trial_Hero_Banner_961x250_Opt_1-615x160.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/MySW_Online_Trial_Hero_Banner_961x250_Opt_1-728x189.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some of the common patterning commands like Linear Pattern and Circular Pattern can accomplish your modeling needs, sometimes a feature needs to be patterned along a face that has a custom curvature. The Curve Driven Pattern command allows you<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2017\/02\/solidworks-tech-tip-curve-driven-pattern.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":16172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,35,36],"tags":[282,1767,60,453],"class_list":["post-16171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks","category-tips-tricks","category-usability","tag-curve-driven-pattern","tag-non-planar-face","tag-tech-tip","tag-tips-and-tricks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16273,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16171\/revisions\/16273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}