In an open sketch, click Linear
Sketch Pattern 
(Sketch toolbar) or Tools,
Sketch Tools, Linear
Pattern.
In the PropertyManager, under Entities
to Pattern, select the sketch entities to pattern 
.
To create linear or circular sketch patterns, you can set pattern direction by selecting:
Elements from sketch entities you intend to pattern.
Edges from a part or assembly.
To create a linear sketch pattern:
In an open sketch, click Linear
Sketch Pattern (Sketch toolbar) or Tools,
Sketch Tools, Linear
Pattern.
In the PropertyManager, under Entities
to Pattern, select the sketch entities to pattern .
If you select an edge from
a part or an assembly to define Direction
1 for X-axis, Direction
2 for the Y-axis is activated.
If you do not select Direction 1
first, you must manually select Direction
2 to activate it.
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Part edges define X and Y axis |
Under Direction 1 (along the X-axis):
Click Reverse
Direction 
.
Set Distance
between sketch entities.
Select Add dimension to display a dimension between entities.
Set Number
of sketch entities.
Set Angle
at which to pattern the sketch entities.
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Sketch entities define X and Y axis |
You can also change the Spacing and Angle
by dragging the selection point in the pattern preview.
To set a linear pattern for Direction 2 (along the Y-axis):
Set Number
of pattern instances.
Click Reverse
Direction .
Set Distance
between sketch entities.
Select Add dimension to display a dimension between entities.
Set Angle
at which to pattern the sketch entities.
Select Add angle dimension between axes.
Click Instances
to Skip, and with the pointer 
, select one or more
pattern instances to skip 
.
Click 
.
To create circular sketch patterns:
In an open sketch, click Circular
Sketch Pattern 
(Sketch toolbar) or Tools,
Sketch Tools, Circular
Pattern.
In the PropertyManager, under Entities
to Pattern, select the sketch entities to pattern .
Under Parameters:
Click Reverse Direction .
In the graphics area, select a point to be the center of the circular pattern.
Circular sketch patterns
use the sketch origin as the default center.
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Sketch origin as the pattern center |
Point as the pattern center |
Center X
, Center Y 
, and Arc Angle 
are values generated by the location of the circular pattern's
center. You can also edit each of these values independently.
Set Number
of pattern instances.
Set Spacing
to specify the total number of degrees in the pattern.
Set Radius
to specify the radius of the pattern.
Arc Angle
. to specify the angle that is measured from the center
of the selected entities to the center point or vertex of the pattern.
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Arc Angle value generated by default parameters. |
Arc Angle value incremented by approximately 20 |
Select Equal Spacing to pattern instances equidistant from each other.
Select Add dimensions to display a dimension between pattern instances.
Click Instances to Skip to
highlight the pattern instances in the graphics area. With the pointer
, select one or more pattern instances to skip 
.
Click .
To edit sketch patterns:
Right-click a pattern instance and select:
Edit Linear Pattern
- or -
Edit Circular Pattern
