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Pattern: The Pattern feature allows you to create copies of faces and bodies in three patterns:
w Linear: a direction and offset distance is required.
w Circular: a rotation axis and angle are required.
w Rectangular: two sets of directions and offsets are needed.
For face selections, each connected face set is patterned independently of other face sets. For a face
pattern to succeed, the copied instance of the face set must remain coincident with the body it
originated from, or be able to be easily extended to it. The new faces of the pattern must touch the
topological entities that were incident to the original face set, also known as the base region.
Additionally, the instances for face sets may not intersect each other or the original face set. The faces
may belong to either active or frozen bodies.
(a) Body to be patterned
(b) Liner Pattern
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