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Create a pattern of holes

1. Create a pattern with the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool.

   1. Press M to select the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool.

   2. Check the Create Patterns option in the Options panelArea of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools..

   3. Zoom into your design by selecting Zoom ExtentsThe outer boundaries of the objects you have drawn. from the Zoom tool menu to make the next step easier.

   4. Click the inner cylindrical surface of the hole that you just created.

   5. Press and hold the Ctrl key while dragging the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle along the long axis of the bracket a distance of 1.7".

      

      You can release the Ctrl key after you begin dragging.

      A pattern count parameter is displayed, along with the dimension from the original hole to the copied hole.

       

2. Edit the pattern.

   1. Use the Tab key to highlight the count entry and enter a value of 4.

       

      

      Four identical, equidistant holes appear on the bracket surface. These holes are now part of a pattern. The dimension between each hole in the pattern is now displayed as well as the other parameters.

       

   2. Select the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. tool and select an axis of one of your holes.

       

      

       

   3. Drag to change the holes to slots.

       

      

      Notice that changes made to one hole affect all the others in the pattern.

       

   4. Press Ctrl+Z to undo your change.

3. Save your work.