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Create circular patterns

Create circular patterns - Inventor Tutorial

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Create circular patterns

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- [Instructor] The next pattern we're going to look at is the circular pattern. On the screen, you can see a start file I've created, Circular Pattern Start.ipt. In the browser, you'll see Extrusion1, which is the base extrusion, Extrusion2, which is the hole, and Extrusion3, which is the keyway. Now if you've seen the rectangular pattern movie, you'll find that this moves along quite similarly. We can begin the Pattern command by returning to the 3D Model tab under the Pattern panel, and select Circular Pattern. This will bring up the dialog box and we can begin creating our pattern. Again, by default, Inventor is automatically setting us to select features and you'll notice the red icon, which means we need some type of input. We're going to go ahead and hover over the graphics window and select the circle or the extrusion through this hole. Now you'll notice, that updated this icon to be white, which indicates Inventor has at least enough information to move forward, but as I've…

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