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Pattern and mirror sketch geometry

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Pattern and mirror sketch geometry

- We can now explore how we can modify geometry with sketch patterns. On the screen, I have a blank part. I'm gonna right click and select New Sketch. I'm gonna select the XY Plane to sketch on. And then I'm gonna start with the circular pattern. I'll right click and select Circle, start at the center of the sketch and left click. And then drag a circle out, we'll say 1.25 inches. Next we're gonna right click and select Line. We'll start by clicking the center of the circle and dragging directly up 0.5 inches, entering that into the Heads-Up Display. 0.5 and then hit enter on the keyboard. Next, we'll right click and select Center Point Circle and create a circle on the end of that line. We'll enter 0.125 as a diameter. You can right click and click ok to exit the command. And we're now ready to move forward. We can start a circular pattern by going to the Sketch tab under the Pattern panel and selecting Circular in the center here. When the dialogue comes up, you can see that…

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