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Smart patterns

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how to make smart patterns inside of your parts. So to get started, the first thing I want to do is create some equations. Now notice over here on the left-hand side of my screen, I have a folder called Equations, and you can see them right there. Now if you don't see the Equations folder, don't worry. If you right-click up here, And if you don't see Show there or Automatic, just turn it to Show, and then you should automatically see that folder. Alright, now we have equations. Let's go ahead and edit those equations. So click over Manage Equations, and I've already created a few here. So I have L, which I'm going to use for the length of my part. I have W, which I'm going to use for the width of my part. I have the Spacing in L, which is the spacing in the length category. I have a quarter inch in there. I have the Spacing in W, which is going to be the spacing in the width category. I have the hole size. I have the hole count and I have the hole count in the width. So I want to…

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