From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
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Using the pattern tools - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2013-2017: Sheet Metal Design
Using the pattern tools
A raise of parts or features can be used in the apart or assembly mode of SolidWorks. In this example, we'll cover using the Pattern tools on the part level. The Pattern tool needs two basic pieces of information. Number one is what to pattern, and number two, what direction do we want to pattern in. This can be any edge in the direction that we need to place the parts in. We saw some examples of this in the chassis walkthrough, and now we're going to add onto that design. First we're going to cut a hole on the front panel, and then build a cover. We'll then pattern that cover. To get started, let's take a look at that front face. You can see here, that cut already placed on the front cover there, and what we want to do is take that cut, and we want to pattern it along that front panel. So let's go over to the linear pattern under the Features tab, inside of there I want to choose the direction I want to pattern in. So I'm going to choose this linear edge at the top. Soon as I do…
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