Patterns

[hornj]

I have created a revolved protrusion that is grouped with a revolved cut, which I copied and created a revolved pattern. I had to redefine the cut and delete a line, but the pattern doesn

 

[dougr]

Shouldn't use copy if you intend redefining later.



Usually when you try redefining the sketch of feature thats been patterned you get the message cannot make additional references to 3 dimensional geometry or words to that effect.



Was your copied feature dependent or independent ?



This has been an issue with copying features in Pro/E for as long as I remember.