Activity: Pattern the bolt

Pattern the bolt

This activity:

• Uses the Pattern command to copy the bolt into the remaining holes of the both support parts

Launch the Activity: Pattern the bolt.

Open the assembly file

• Open the assembly saved in the previous activity, if it is not already open.

Pattern the bolt

In the next few steps, use the Pattern command to copy the bolt into the remaining holes on both support parts, as shown above. In this example, use a pattern feature on the base plate to pattern the bolts.

• Choose Home tab→Pattern group→Pattern .

The Pattern command copies a part in your assembly into a pattern. Define the pattern by selecting a pattern feature on a part in the assembly. The patterned parts are not positioned using assembly relationships, but are positioned using the selected pattern feature.

Select the bolt

1. Select the bolt.

2. On the Pattern command bar, click Accept .

Select the part containing the pattern

• Select the base plate part.

Select the feature pattern on the base plate

• Select the pattern of holes on the base plate

  

  and then select the hole on the base plate where you placed the first bolt.

  

Finish the pattern

• On the Pattern command bar, click Finish.

The bolts are positioned in the holes in both support parts, as shown.

Save the assembly

• Click Save.

In the next activity, use the Select tool and the steering wheel to modify two parts within the context of the assembly.

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