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holes pattern in a round plate

holes pattern in a round plate

holes pattern in a round plate

(OP)
I want to make a round plate with holes on it. Holes are the same. I am taking following steps:

1. create a hole in the center of the board.

2. crated a second hole with a certain distance (R1) from the center hole. and pattern in a circle (r=R1) to make 6 holes around.

3. create 3rd hole in a 'R2' cricle (R2>R1), and pattern 9 (or more) holes around.

4. Created 4th hole farther from center and pattern 12 or 15 or more....

I think this is a stupid way. Is there anyway to make all the holes in the board at one pattern?

RE: holes pattern in a round plate

No because each radial pattern has a different number of members.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
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Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

RE: holes pattern in a round plate

Yes, but using relations.

-Hora

RE: holes pattern in a round plate

try a fill pattern in Wildfire.

RE: holes pattern in a round plate

I agree with Ben.

There is nothing wrong with having multiple patterns, provided that each of them satisfies the intent of your design. Having them created separately tells other users that there are three distinct bolt cirlce patterns, and will also provide you with the necessary parametric dimensions for your drawing.

Trying to work out relations to get it to work in one pattern can potentially make the model much more difficult to modify later on, especially if you pass it on to someone else.

Mark

RE: holes pattern in a round plate

(OP)
Thanks Mark. Your comment works for me. Taking it easy is better than taking it tricky.

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