Recognizing Patterns
The application recognizes the following types of patterns:

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Linear |
Circular |
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Rectangular |
Mirror |
To recognize patterns:
Click Recognize
Features
(FeatureWorks
PropertyManager) or FeatureWorks,
Recognize Features.
In the FeatureWorks
PropertyManager, select a Recognition
Mode and Feature Type.
Select the Automatic
Features or Interactive Features.
Notes:
For Interactive
Recognition Mode, select Recognize
pattern and click Recognize
to quickly recognize patterns. Click
to complete pattern
recognition.
For Automatic
Recognition Mode, FeatureWorks recognizes linear patterns with
three or more instances only.
Click
to display the Intermediate
Stage PropertyManager.
Click Find Patterns.
In the Pattern
Recognition PropertyManager, select a Pattern
Recognition Mode and Pattern Type.
For Interactive
Pattern Recognition Mode, under Pattern
Features,select Search Selected
Features to search for a seed feature and probable pattern features
within the selected features only. Clear Search
Selected Features to select only the seed feature.
Click
.
A dialog box reports the number of patterns
found.
Click OK,
then click
.
FeatureWorks adds the patterns to the FeatureManager
design tree.
