Component Pattern Reference

Creating a Component Pattern

Restriction: Component patterns are available in assemblies only.

To create a component pattern, follow these steps:

1. Start by creating the operation(s) for the part that you want to pattern.
   
   
   
   
2. Add the operation(s) to a new folder by right-clicking and selecting Add to New Folder from the pop-up context menu.
3. Right-click on the newly created folder and choose New Pattern from the pop-up context menu to open the Pattern operation dialog.
4. Select Component pattern from the Pattern type: drop-down menu.
5. Click the Source button and select the component for the part.
6. Click the Targets button or enable the Automatic checkbox to automatically pattern the toolpaths to all instances of the source component.
   
   
   
   
7. Finally, from the Operation order: drop-down menu, choose whether the pattern should re-order the operations according to tool or operation, or preserve the order of the operations within the pattern.