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Can you post the part? Or if it's proprietary can you create a dummy part that displays the same behavior and post that?rjt205 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:01 pm I have a job that generally takes a pattern in some parts. Until this job they have all been a standard pattern, but this is pattered at three different distances, so I want to use "instances to vary". All the pattering is with cuts and some work nicely but some have the command greyed out so I can't pick it. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
You can't use "instances to vary" with bodies. You can only use it if you are patterning features.rjt205 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:01 pm I have a job that generally takes a pattern in some parts. Until this job they have all been a standard pattern, but this is pattered at three different distances, so I want to use "instances to vary". All the pattering is with cuts and some work nicely but some have the command greyed out so I can't pick it. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
I can. Maybe that's new with SW2024?DanPihlaja wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:20 pm You can't use "instances to vary" with bodies. You can only use it if you are patterning features.
I can't speak for others, but while I don't use "Instances to Vary" often, when I do I almost always want to just adjust one instance, so doing that in the Linear Pattern seems simpler and easier than creating a sketch to drive the Pattern.AlexLachance wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:07 pm Why do you guys use "instances to vary" rather then use sketch driven patterns...?