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ben-h...@hotmail.com
Jul 18, 2008, 5:40:33 PM7/18/08
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Will someone please tell me why after a sketch entity is made on top
of a thinly extruded rectangle, and I want to copy the sketch maybe 20
times along a row, that a RMB in the drawing area does not always
offer the option of "copy" or "move entities"? Is there a particular
mode that I need to be in in order to have this option? Is there a
correct sequence to invoking and using both tools? To have the
ability to copy a line-sketch is sometimes very important to the
particular type of work that we do here.
Also, the help files state that an Array tool is available, which I
find invaluable in Autocad. Can someone tell me how to activate this
tool in Solidworks? I am using Solidworks 2007 if makes a difference,
I don't even see the icon for Array, anywhere.
Thanking you,
Ben
of a thinly extruded rectangle, and I want to copy the sketch maybe 20
times along a row, that a RMB in the drawing area does not always
offer the option of "copy" or "move entities"? Is there a particular
mode that I need to be in in order to have this option? Is there a
correct sequence to invoking and using both tools? To have the
ability to copy a line-sketch is sometimes very important to the
particular type of work that we do here.
Also, the help files state that an Array tool is available, which I
find invaluable in Autocad. Can someone tell me how to activate this
tool in Solidworks? I am using Solidworks 2007 if makes a difference,
I don't even see the icon for Array, anywhere.
Thanking you,
Ben
castleb...@att.net
Jul 18, 2008, 5:57:24 PM7/18/08
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toolbars
customize
commands
features
linear pattern
bob
castleb...@att.net
Jul 18, 2008, 6:03:26 PM7/18/08
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toolbars
customize
commands
sketch
linear sketch pattern
Bob
tnik
Jul 19, 2008, 10:00:40 AM7/19/08
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select geometry, ctrl-c, ctrl-v
other poster said where the array pattern was..
Mr_Mao
Jul 19, 2008, 12:29:18 PM7/19/08
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Ben, I just checked again and linear/circular pattern tools are also used in
sketches...I use these tools alot. You need to get the buttons off the
sketch pallet onto the tool bar to use them. They work like the AC array
function.
sketches...I use these tools alot. You need to get the buttons off the
sketch pallet onto the tool bar to use them. They work like the AC array
function.
Jerry Steiger
Jul 19, 2008, 6:00:15 PM7/19/08
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> Will someone please tell me why after a sketch entity is made on top
> of a thinly extruded rectangle, and I want to copy the sketch maybe 20
> times along a row...> of a thinly extruded rectangle, and I want to copy the sketch maybe 20
You are usually better off to pattern the feature instead of patterning the
sketch. It's usually faster to rebuild and the user interface is better.
Jerry Steiger
tnik
Jul 21, 2008, 7:15:46 AM7/21/08
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I'll second that notion, I just tested it, doing 2 different patterns of
roughly 80 parts via sketch, then via feature. Feature rebuilt ~60%
faster, and didn't bog my system down like the sketch pattern did.
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