{"id":19682,"date":"2018-06-26T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=19682"},"modified":"2018-05-30T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T17:33:40","slug":"what-you-dont-know-about-patterning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2018\/06\/what-you-dont-know-about-patterning.html","title":{"rendered":"What you don\u2019t know about patterning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Linear Pattern \u2013 Instance to Vary<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pattern features are the productivity tools SOLIDWORKS that get your modelling task done faster.<\/p>\n<p>The basic patterning method might not be sufficient when you would like to create complicated geometry. If we were to do a linear pattern on this extrude boss, we can imagine the pattern that is being linear patterned on will have the same image throughout. What if we want the same extrude cut but different in size?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-779 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p1.png?w=300&amp;resize=300%2C167\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The typical method will be creating multiple profiles for the cut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-780 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p2.png?w=300&amp;resize=300%2C140\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, we can use Linear Pattern to create the pattern and change the size of the cut.<br \/>\nYou can find the feature under the Linear Pattern; it is called the <strong>Instance to Vary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The steps to create this Instance to Vary will be quick and easy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Select Linear Pattern and choose the axis that you wish the pattern along the axis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-781 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p3.png?w=300&amp;resize=300%2C203\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Select the Features and Face, in this case which is the extrude cut in the part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-782 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p4.png?w=300&amp;resize=300%2C170\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Check the box \u201cInstance to Vary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-783 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p5.png?w=300&amp;resize=300%2C112\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 4: We will select the dimensions that we would like to vary. In this case will be the length and width of this cut<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-784 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p6.png?w=300&amp;resize=300%2C122\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 5: We will need to change the increment of the length and width of this cut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-785 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p7.png?w=155&amp;resize=155%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With that you will be able to achieve the end variable profile with linear pattern feature without hassle, valuable time save to achieve the same thing which requires a lot of effort in the past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-779 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/solidworksexpert.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/p1.png?w=300&amp;resize=300%2C167\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ateworks.net\/2017\/04\/what-you-dont-know-about-patterning\/\" class=\"wp-user-avatar-link wp-user-avatar-custom\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linear Pattern \u2013 Instance to Vary Pattern features are the productivity tools SOLIDWORKS that get your modelling task done faster. The basic patterning method might not be sufficient when you would like to create complicated geometry. If we were to<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2018\/06\/what-you-dont-know-about-patterning.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":20425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,35],"tags":[2419,889,258],"class_list":["post-19682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks","category-tips-tricks","tag-patterning","tag-solidworks","tag-tips-tricks-108","avhec_catgroup-all"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682","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\/406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19682"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20424,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19682\/revisions\/20424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}