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Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

(OP)
Just something I thought about on the drive in this morning.  If you have a steel plate that needs to have a series of (20) holes, are there any advantages to using a pattern (linear or circular) over the hole wizard or vise versa?

Thanks in advance,

I even dream in Configurations.....

Config 1 - Brunette
Config 2 - Redhead
Config 3 - Blonde

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

I have a come-back quip combining your dream, the hole wizard & vise versa, but it would probably get me thrown out of Eng-Tips. lol

As for which is best ... IMO a feature pattern is always better than a sketch pattern. Whether the seed feature is created with regular geometry or with the HW is immaterial.

cheers
Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

(OP)
CBL - Your come-back quip got me thinking.....Hmmmm, oops, I forgot, thinking always gets me into trouble so I should cease.  Thanks for the "IMO".

Bloodclot

I even dream in Configurations.....

Config 1 - Brunette
Config 2 - Redhead
Config 3 - Blonde

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

Can't you create a pattern within the hole wizard sketch?
Whichever way you go, the more holes in the pattern, the slower the rebuild time.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

The Hole Wizard pattern offers the ability to pattern hardware off the same pattern doesn't it?  I think HW has the advantage.

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RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

You do not have to have HW to use Feature driven pattern.  Having all of the holes in the HW sketch makes it difficult to find which point is the "seed".  Your seed component should always be mated to the seed feature for the pattern to follow correctly.

Therefore, I vote with CBL

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

Bloodclot,

I use sketch-driven patterns with no problems. I use the hole wizard for the first hole, then create a point sketch to drive the pattern of holes. The same pattern feature will be used in my assembly to populate the holes with screws.

Yanceman

ps: nice dream config, too bad two of the three are suppressed! lol... :)

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

(OP)
Yanceman,
Thanks for your input and it makes good sense.  Something I will keep in mind for the next time I need to do it.


Bloodclot



I will have to try to dream in sub-assemblies next time :)

I even dream in Configurations.....

Config 1 - Brunette
Config 2 - Redhead
Config 3 - Blonde

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

yanceman ... if you make an assy of the "dream configs" you can have them all unsuppressed. tongue

Now if I switch on the Animation add-in ... adjust the lighting ... set the limit mates ... OHHH WOW!!!

cheers
Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Pattern vs. Hole wizard for hole series?

CBL,

LOL! That was great!

Yanceman

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