2010 Solid Edge Productivity Summit: Synchronous Patterning

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2010 PRODUCTIVITY SUMMITSYNCHRONOUS PATTERNING



Enhanced Patterning

Rectangular Patterning

Fill Patterning

Suppressing Instances

Patterning along a curve

Synchronous Patterning



• Patterning defaults to “Fit” in all cases

• Patterns are initially created to default parameters, then the user can manipulate the pattern using dynamic edit controls and/or the steering wheel and drag points

• Defaults:• Rectangular count is 3X3 • Circular count default is 4 instances/360 degrees

Synchronous Pattern



• Once the preview of the pattern is shown, the user can reorient the pattern in 90° increments by selecting the bearing points on the steering wheel

Synchronous Pattern



• Alternately the user can select a red dot and drag the pattern, as desired, on the part to resize and reposition

Synchronous Pattern



• Clicking the torus allows the user to change the angle of the pattern

• Clicking the origin of the steering wheelallows the user to reposition the origin for the pattern relative to the feature

Synchronous Pattern



• Users can click on a face or a PMI dimension, of an occurrence instance and initiate a synchronous change that will affect all instances

Synchronous Pattern



• User can use QuickPick to select a Pattern Occurrence to adjust the entire pattern on the part

Synchronous Pattern



• If the parent of the pattern feature is constrained dimensionally,or through a ground constraint, a synchronous move can also be used to “stretch” the pattern

Synchronous Pattern



• Use the “Suppress Option” in the QuickBar• Selecting the green dot of an instance of the pattern

suppresses that occurrence• After it is suppressed, selecting the red dot of the instance

un-suppresses that occurrence• Reset turns all instances back to shown• The master occurrence cannot be suppressed

Patterning – Suppress Instance



• A sketch must exist in the model for the region of instances to be suppressed

• A flip arrow determines if the selectedregion is what to keep or what to suppress

Patterning – Suppress Region



Demo – Pattern Workflow/Rectangular Pattern



• There is a new Fill Pattern option in ST2• Parameters used to define the fill area is a Region

defined by a face on the part or by sketch elements

Fill Patterning



• The sketch elements that defined the region are copied to the profile of the Pattern Feature

• If the face of the part was used as the region, the edges of the faceare copied as the pattern profile

Fill Patterning



• The Fill Pattern option supports filling multiple regions• Regions can be disjoint

Fill Patterning



Demo – Fill Pattern



• In the Fill Pattern QuickBar, the user can choose the option to create a Radial Fill Pattern • Options for Target Spacing or Instance Count

Fill Pattern – More Options

Instance Count Target Spacing



• Instance Count• Dynamic Edit Controls (DEC)

for the spacing between the “rings” (30.00 mm)

• DEC for Count, which is the number of instances to be equally spaced on each ring

• By default the orientationof the occurrences is maintained as they are patterned




• Selecting the primary bearing and rotating the steering wheel rotates the occurrences position about the origin of the pattern• The first row of the pattern is ALWAYS aligned along the primary axis• Shift + Click the primary bearing to get access to the angle control to specify

a specific angle to rotate the pattern• Occurrences remain equally spaced and

maintain their orientation




• Target Spacing• DEC for the spacing

between the “rings” (30.00 mm)




• DEC for the target spacing between the instance origins(40.00 mm)

• Because this is a Fill pattern, the actual distance between the instances is calculated to keep them equally spaced around each ring

• The first row of the pattern is ALWAYS aligned along the primary axis




• In certain cases it may be desirable to have all occurrences orient consistently with respect to the center of the pattern

• The Center Orient functionality, when enabled, reorients the occurrences

• Matches the parent feature orientation relative to the secondary axis

Center Orientation enabledCenter Orientation disabled




• Selecting the primary bearing and rotating the primary axis rotates the occurrences and their orientation relative to the parent feature





• Selecting the secondary bearing and rotating the secondary axis maintains the position of the pattern, but changes the orientation of the instances





• Works the same with Target Spacing radial pattern




Demo – Fill Pattern (Radial)



• Instances can be removed or reintroduced by the option in QuickBar• Same as Circular and Rectangular Patterns

• Additional option to offset occurrence placement• Similar options as in V20/ST

• Advanced Options for Pattern Along Curve available from QuickBar• Similar options as in V20/ST

• Just like other Pattern types, the user can add geometry to the patternon edit

Patterning – Along Curve



• Pattern Along Curve• After selecting geometry to pattern, the first step is to define

the Curve using single or chain option from the command bar• Second step is to define the Anchor Point• Third step is to specify direction• Curve will change if the angle of the part changes




• Fit Pattern type• Value field for Count is displayed




• Fill Pattern type• Value field for Spacing is displayed




• Fixed Pattern type• Value field for Count is displayed• Value field for Spacing is displayed




• The Master Pattern Occurrence can be redefined with the option in QuickBar• Select the green dot representing the new location in the

pattern for the Master Pattern Occurrence• Pattern updates relative to the new MPO




• Two other options: From Surface and From Plane

• From Surface means : Keeping all faces of the feature normal to the selected surface

• The orientation of the feature will be Full

• So what is the difference? (next slide)

Patterning – Along Curve - Options

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