My linear pattern is not showing, and is not snapping to reference points. It is a similar problem to the linked page, but i am using sw2015. Actually, pattern is sometimes working and other times not. I do not see any reason that keeps the pattern feature from working, and when patterning does work, I cannot tell if anything different was done that allows it to work.
related thread: https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/67837#359594
Also, snapping to nearby points on drawings sometimes does not work with patterned drawings (points for hole wizard) on my SW2015. I do not see any reason for this occurrence, but i suppose a workaround would be to start a new drawing layer instead of using one layer for multiple patterned drawings. This is a minor problem because it is only a time wasting nuisance.