To create a distance linkage chain pattern:
- Open install_dir\samples\whatsnew\assemblies\chain_pattern\Distance Linkage.sldasm.
- Click or click Chain Component Pattern
(Assembly toolbar).
- In the PropertyManager, for Pitch Method, click Distance Linkage
.
- Under Chain Path, click SelectionManager.
- In the SelectionManager, click Select Closed Loop
and in the graphics area select the closed profile sketch.
- For Number of Instances
, type 10.
- Under Chain Group 1, for Component to Pattern
, select Mount Base <1> 
in the graphics area or the flyout FeatureManager design tree.
- For Path Link 1
, select the face shown.
- For Path Link 2
, select the face shown.
- For Path Alignment Plane, in the flyout FeatureManager design tree, in Mount Base <1> , select the right plane.
- Under Chain Group 1, click Equal Spacing.
- Click
.
