I'm trying to perforate a pipe like shown on the attached youtube link, but when I get to the last step (Deleting the surface body) I lose my linear pattern. I think it's because I'm referencing either side of it during the linear pattern, but so is he in the video.
How is he able to delete the surface body and still keep his linear pattern? Maybe I'm "deleting" my surface body the wrong way..
Thx
SolidWorks 2014, Tutorial to create a Perforated Tubing, HD - YouTube
Why not just hide the surface?
Right click the surface and choose hide.
To delete the surface body, don't delete the feature that created it. Instead you should right click on it in the Surface Bodies folder of the tree and hit delete. Then it will create a Delete Body feature at the end of the tree, but the surface will still exist before that feature for other things to reference.
Jamil is correct if you want to do it exactly like the demo, but you don´t need to make the surface. You can use "view temporary axes" and select the one in the center of the pipe for both directions instead of making the surface plane just to be able to use the edges on it for the linear pattern.
I elected to not do it like the demo. I used Ingvar's suggestion with the "view temporary axes" and it worked great.
Thanks!
Jamil is correct if you want to do it exactly like the demo, but you don´t need to make the surface. You can use "view temporary axes" and select the one in the center of the pipe for both directions instead of making the surface plane just to be able to use the edges on it for the linear pattern.