Use this PropertyManager to recognize patterns.
To open this PropertyManager:
Click Find Patterns in the Intermediate Stage PropertyManager.
Pattern Recognition Mode
| Automatic |
Select a Pattern Type and click  . |
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Interactive |
Select a Pattern Type and Pattern Features.
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Pattern Type
| Linear |
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Rectangular |
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| Circular |
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| Mirror |
Under Pattern Features, select a Seed feature and Mirror feature. |
Pattern Features
| For Pattern Recognition Mode - Automatic and Pattern Type - Mirror
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| Seed feature |
Select one seed feature. |
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Mirror feature |
Select one mirror feature. FeatureWorks automatically selects the mirror plane and all applicable mirror features. FeatureWorks calculates mirrors for each separate feature. For example, if a seed feature contains an extrude and a fillet, FeatureWorks creates two mirror features; one for the extrude and one for the fillet. |
| For Pattern Recognition Mode - Interactive |
| Seed and pattern features (For Linear, Rectangular, Circular, and Sketch Driven types of patterns.) |
Select the seed feature only. FeatureWorks searches for applicable pattern features. |
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Search Selected Features |
Select a seed feature and then its probable pattern features. FeatureWorks searches for patterns within the selected features only. |
| For Mirror patterns only: |
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| First seed feature |
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| First mirror feature |
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| Other seed features |
Select additional seed features to create additional mirror features. These seed features must use the same mirror plane as the First seed feature. |