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Editing Pattern Features
You edit pattern features in the Pattern dialog box. In the Pattern Control
tab, you modify the instancing controls. In the Features tab, you redefine the
features in the pattern. Once a pattern is created, you cannot change the pat-
tern type.
When you delete a feature from a pattern set, you also remove other graphi-
cally dependent features that are children of that feature, such as fillets. If
you want to add a feature to the set, a feature rollback is required.
A pattern is associative to the original feature that was patterned. When you
modify the sketch of a patterned feature, you also modify the entire pattern.
Use the Pattern dialog box to preview and redefine the orientation of the dis-
tribution plane at any time. If you want to change the distribution plane to
a different plane, a feature rollback is required.
Try editing the rectangular and polar patterns you created in this section.
Editing Array Features
Although you cannot create a new array, you can edit a previously-created
array by editing the dimensions and instance constraints of the array using
command line prompts. There is no dialog box available for editing arrays.
Pre-existing array features cannot be migrated to pattern features.
The following procedure is available only when you open a drawing file that
contains a previously-created array.
To edit a previously-created array
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AMEDITFEAT to edit a previously created array, responding to the
prompts.
Context Menu Right-click the graphics area and choose Edit Features ➤
Edit.
Enter an option [Independent array instance/Sketch/surfCut/Toolbody/select
Feature] <select Feature>: Enter I
Follow the command line prompts to edit the dimensions and instance con-
straints for your particular array.