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IndianaDave wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:25 pm It seems something has changed, or I am missing a checkbox somewhere...
I don't use sketch pattern very often, so this one caught me off guard.
I made the sheetmetal cover, and have weldnuts, and mounting bosses welded into the inside.
I created the hole pattern for the mounting posts, and made a sketch of points on each hole.
Then added s sketch for the length of the round tube weldment.
I then used sketch pattern to pattern the bosses to each hole.
I did similar for the weldnuts on one side, and then mirrored them over to the other side.
In both cases I ended up with a duplicate over the original patterned instance.
I don't see any option to omit the original instance.
We're on SW2021 SP5.1

To add to this...
I use feature driven patterns often in assemblies and it doesn't create a duplicate instance, so I guess I would expect this to work similarly.

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Rob wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:42 am You can use a circle for the first point as doesn't add instance for a center point. This is a tip from old forum, maybe Dan p's?

DanPihlaja wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:12 am That's exactly what I do. I use a circle for the first point.

The other issue with sketch driven patterns is that, if this is a hole, then the quantity will not be picked up at the drawing level when you place the hole callout.

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 12:57 am It does pick up quantity. This is 2022 though....not sure when they added it.

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