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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introducing Autodesk Inventor
- 2 Creating Sketches
- 3 Working with Sketched Features
- 4 Creating and Editing Placed Features
- 5 Creating and Editing Work Features
- 6 Using Projects to Organize Data
- 7 Managing Assemblies
- 8 Placing, Moving, and Constraining Components
- 9 Creating Assemblies
- 10 Analyzing Assemblies
- 11 Using Design Accelerator
- 12 Setting Up Drawings
- 13 Creating Drawing Views
- 14 Annotating Drawings
- Annotation Tools
- Using Styles to Format Annotations
- Working with Tables
- Creating Dimensions In Drawings
- Controlling Dimension Styles
- Placing Center Marks and Centerlines
- Adding Notes and Leader Text
- Using Hole and Thread Notes
- Working with Title Blocks
- Working with Dimensions and Annotations
- Printing Drawing Sheets
- Plotting Multiple Sheets
- Tips for Annotating Drawings
- 15 Using Content Center
- 16 Autodesk Inventor Utilities
- Index
2 Click the Rectangular Pattern tool.
3 In the Rectangular Pattern dialog box, select the Pattern Individual
Features option.
4 Click the Features button and in the graphics window or in the model
browser, select features to arrange in a pattern.
5 Click the Path selection button, and then select the path. Click Flip to
change the column direction, if appropriate.
6 Enter the count (number of features) for the column, and then click the
drop-down arrow to specify pattern length. Select one of the following
options:
Spacing: Enter distance between features.
Total distance: Enter distance of the column.
Curve length: Length of selected curve is automatically entered.
7 To create a pattern with multiple rows, click Direction 2, and then set
the row direction, count, and spacing, distance, or curve length.
8 If appropriate, click the More button to set a start point for one or both
rows, set Termination Method, and Orientation Method:
■ If appropriate, click Start, and then click a point on the path to
indicate the start of one or both columns. If path is a closed loop, a
start point is required.
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