By Simon Taylor
When we are programming parts, we might have identical features which are rotated around the part. The simplest method to use is to program the one face as shown below:-
Make sure you have selected the toolpaths you want to pattern.
Once we have programmed the features we want to use a circular pattern for, we then go here -
We can now select the type of pattern we want, in this case a circular pattern. See below:-
Click on the cylindrical face to select the axis used for creating the cylindrical pattern. We then put in the number of instances which will be 6, which will be divided by Angle in this case 360 degree which is 60 degrees between faces.
Once we are happy with preview of patterned toolpaths, we can now click OK.
There is now a pattern created in the browser, this contains all the toolpaths which have been circular patterned. See below:-
This is the simulation prior to running the circular pattern toolpaths. See below:-
Once the simulation has been run, we can see the results below:-
The toolpaths have been successfully created.