We put PEM nuts&studs in our sheetmetal plates.
By now we have the plate as a part, the PEM nuts as parts and all together assembled in an assembly.
I put the nuts in the assy with the pattern-driven component using the holes created with a hole-wizard (part-level)
But because the nuts are pressed in the plate, this forms a solid/single part (like a weldment)
So I thought that this would also be good if drawn as a multi-body part (or weldment).
When placing the nuts, I constrain one nut and want to use de hole-wizard sketch and sketch-pattern to put the others in.
But then 1 nut to much will be placed (at the original hole)
Is their a way to use the pattern driven way, like in an assy?
I know a work-around is to delete the extra body... But it would be nice if it worked like the pattern-driven way.
Rik
Do it as an assembly. Make your part and put the first hole in and then put the rest of the holes in using a pattern (any kind of pattern will work).
Assemble the Pem fastener into the drive hole of the pattern, then under insert ----> component pattern ---> pattern driven, you select your component to pattern (your Pem Nut) and use the hole pattern as your driving feature (tip...to select it expand the tree for that part and select the pattern).