Circular sketch patterns

Circular sketch patterns allow us to pattern sketch entities in a circular direction. The following sketch highlights how we can define a circular pattern in SOLIDWORKS sketching:

In the preceding sketch, the shaded circle is the base circle, while the others are additions to be made with the pattern command. The annotations in red are the parameters that we need in order to communicate a pattern to SOLIDWORKS sketching. The following is a small description of the different annotations in the preceding sketch:

  • Center: This represents the center of rotation for the circular pattern. This can be determined with specific ...

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