Create a linear toolpath pattern

linear pattern toolpath example

  1. Creating the operations for a single feature or the part that you want to pattern.

  2. Add the operations to a new Browser folder by right-clicking and selecting Add to New Pattern from the pop-up context menu. Alternatively, from the Manufacture toolbar, select Setup > New Pattern pattern icon to display the Pattern dialog.

  3. Select Linear pattern from the Pattern Type drop-down menu (this is the default).

  4. Click the Direction 1 button and select a straight edge or sketch line in the direction that the operations should be patterned.

    folder dialog pattern tab - direction 1

  5. If necessary, enable the Flip Direction 1 checkbox to reverse the direction of the pattern.

  6. In the Spacing for direction 1 field, enter the distance for the pattern.

  7. In the Number of instances 1 field, enter the number of times the operations should be patterned in this direction.

    folder dialog pattern tab - number of instances 1

  8. If you wish to continue the pattern in a second direction, enable the Additional Direction checkbox.

  9. Repeat steps 4-7 for Direction 2.

    folder dialog pattern tab - done

  10. 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.