Creating Direction Patterns The Direction pattern option can be used to linearly pattern a feature or group in one or two directions, regardless of their dimensioning scheme.

Task 2-36. Create a linear direction pattern of cooling fins on the ENGINE_BLOCK_3.PRT.

1. Select the Folder Browser , and click Working Directory to view the Part_Modeling folder.
1. Double-click ENGINE_BLOCK_3.PRT to open it.
2. Press CTRL and select FIN_DTM, FIN_SKETCH, and FIN_EXTRUDE from the model tree.
   1. Right-click and select Group.
   2. Right-click and select Rename. Enter FIN as the name.

	Manually created groups are equivalent to automatically created groups.

3. Create a pattern as shown in the following figure:
   1. With the FIN group still selected, right-click and select Pattern.
   2. Change the pattern type from Dimension to Direction.
   3. Select the top surface of the model.
   4. Click Flip First Direction from the dashboard.
   5. Enter 14 as the number of members and drag the pattern spacing handle to 2.
   6. Click Complete Feature .

Direction Pattern Created