You can create patterns of components in assemblies in several ways.
- Create
a
linear or circular pattern of components.
- Create curve driven or sketch driven patterns of
components.
- Use
a component, in addition to a feature, to drive a pattern driven pattern. The
component can be in the same assembly or within a subassembly. The component can
be
driven by an assembly-level pattern such as a Linear, Circular or Hole Wizard
series, or by a feature driven pattern.
You can change the visibility or suppression state of all of the
components in the pattern. In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click the pattern
feature and click Hide Components, Show Components, Suppress, Unsuppress, or
Isolate Components.
You can dissolve a component pattern to make its components independent.
One benefit is that you can individually move and rotate components that were in the
pattern. One drawback is that you cannot hide and suppress all the components in the
pattern because the pattern feature is gone.