Pattern Using a Table

General

  • You can create a pattern by entering the coordinates of the members of the pattern into the basic feature of the pattern, i.e. the "parent" feature.
  • If necessary, you can enter a formula for the coordinates if you want to control the position of the members of the pattern using a dimension table.
  • You can add or remove rows in the table by using the context-sensitive menu.
  • You can also edit the table in Excel.
  • When creating a new table pattern, the program remembers the data of the old table patterns.

Starting point

  • A part has a boss or cutout extrusion or revolution, library feature, swipe or loft that is used as the "parent" feature to form the pattern.

Create a pattern by adding the members of the pattern to a table

  1. Select Part | Tools | Pattern.
  2. Select the surface from the feature, which the pattern is created.
    • The program opens the dialog box Feature Pattern Data.
  3. Select Table.
    • The program switches the dialog box to a table input option.

  4. Click on the first row of the table (1.1), which tells the coordinates (0,0) of the "parent" feature.
  5. Add rows to the table with context-sensitive function Add instance.
    • You can remove table rows with the context-sensitive function Delete instance.
  6. Fill in the coordinates of the pattern members, relative to the "parent" feature and enter formulas if necessary if you want to control the position of the pattern members using a dimension table.
  7. Confirm the pattern data by clicking OK.

The Context-Sensitive Function

  1. Select the parent feature from a part as follows:
    • Select one or mode Boss or Cutout operation from the part's feature tree.
    • In addition to these, you can choose a rounding or bevel that is connected to the above selected features.
    • Select on or more face from the part. Select more than one feature by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking with the left mouse button.
    • If you want to create a feature pattern from a rounding or a bevel, you must also include the feature to whose geometry the rounding/bevel has been added.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Feature Pattern.
  3. Steps 3 … 7, as above.

Edit the table in Excel

  1. Proceed as in the beginning steps 1...4.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Edit with Excel..
    • The program opens the table in Excel.
    • In Excel, the so-called macro execution must be allowed.
    • The data of the "parent feature" is not displayed in the Excel table.
  3. Complete the table in Excel.
  4. Save the table in Excel.
    • Keep the XML format.
  5. Close the Excel program
    • The data is automatically transferred to the Feature Pattern Data dialog box in Vertex.
  6. Confirm the pattern data by clicking OK.

An example of a table pattern

  • Three rows have been added to the table.