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Selecting the Tile Pattern Grid
Before designing the pattern component, you may need to select a tile pattern grid that matches your
patterned surface. These are grids on which you sketch and create 3D forms for your pattern component.
The grid layouts for pattern components are shown in the chart in
Patterning Surfaces on page 575.
1 Open your pattern component family file. A square tile pattern grid displays by default.
2 Select the tile pattern grid in the drawing area.
3 Click Modify Tile Pattern Grids tab
➤
Element panel
➤
Type Selector drop-down, and select the
desired pattern shape.
The tile pattern grid is applied.
NOTE Many of the predefined tile pattern grids appear identical to others, such as the Rectangle
and Rectangle Checkerboard, or Rhomboid and Rhomboid Checkerboard patterns. While they are
designed similarly, they are configured differently when applied to the conceptual design mass.
4 Click
➤
Save.
You can now design the pattern component family. See Drawing Component Families on page 580.
Drawing Component Families
Designing the pattern component is very similar to sketching the conceptual design mass. You use the same
modeling tools that are used to design forms, though with the following limitations:
■ There is only one floor plan (level) view, which is defined by the pattern tile grid.
■ There are no elevation views.
■ There are no default vertical reference planes, though reference planes can be defined by geometry.
Lines, Curves, and Splines
Draw reference points, lines, and closed loop geometry to design and modify a pattern component. While
the template reference points will not move horizontally, the template reference lines can have driving
points added to them to alter their geometry.
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