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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
the simplest way around this limitation is to also control the suppression of the pattern feature in the design table, and when you want N=1, suppress the pattern.
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
Jeremy Feist wrote:
the simplest way around this limitation is to also control the suppression of the pattern feature in the design table, and when you want N=1, suppress the pattern.
Jeremy is right on! Suppression states can easily be controlled with IF statements in the DT as well.
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
Awesome guys! I was just playing with that. Thanks for the prompt responses!
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
Jeremy, I'm running into the same issue and the suppression definitely helped me out. But I am wondering is there a way to suppress 1 direction at a time inside the linear pattern? Right now I'm working with a pattern that is 1 instance in a certain direction and multiple in another direction.
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
a pattern (like any feature) cannot be partially suppressed.
have you tried using 2 pattern features?
have you tried the somewhat recently added "up to reference" option for linear patterns?
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
Ahh, thank you for the answer, sadly, I believe, in my case neither two patterns nor the up to reference option would work. When using the two patterns I don't get all the bodies I need. In the case of a 2x2 pattern, using two patterns I would only get 3 of the 4 bodies I need since the 2nd pattern would only be capable of patterning the first body, unless I manually tell it to copy the body made by the first pattern. But that sort of defeats the purpose of automating the design.
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
ahh, patterning bodies.
I just did a little playing, and it looks like a 2 direction pattern is perfectly happy to have the instance count for direction 2 be 1. is it always the same direction that needs the option to be 1? if so, make that direction 2. if not, you may need three patterns - 1 for 2 direction cases, and 1 for direction 1 only cases, and 1 for direction 2 only cases. and control it all with your equations.
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
Yes, I am finding that I should start with that, patterning bodies. Or really anything with bodies as opposed to features.
Aha! Okay, I was not aware that one direction would be fine with even one instance. And that's a brilliant idea, throwing more patterns at it. What I'm doing is basically designing a wall that needs broken up into equal sheet sizes with dimensions no bigger than 48"x96" (plywood). So I'm just having the equation work out for me how many boards in direction 1 by how many boards in direction 2 and then patterning them out so all I have to do is put in two dimensions and I have a wall. Does that make more sense?
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
One last question. If we wanted to do this all in a single sketch, could we somehow suppress the sketch linear pattern? I haven't found a way to do that.
I can see how we could suppress a feature linear pattern though.
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Re: Linear Pattern Zero Instances to Multiple Instances with Design Table
I don't believe so.
and any time you consider a sketch pattern, remember that the feature (or body) patterns are almost always superior in every way.
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