If you've ever had trouble patterning a feature cut this works perfect for 2001. I wanted eight spaced cuts size of a tooth and then a bigger space and a total of eight groups of cuts.
the key to the whole thing is you do not need to creat a datum. I created the first diamond shaped cut to be dimensioned only to the center line (the center line that I created has an angular dimension)and also to the center line of the piece. When I said done for this first cut the system creates dtm 1 automaticly. So when I then pattern for the first eight cuts I can use the system created datum. then I group the cuts. Now I can pattern the group at 45 degrees for x8 places.
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the key to the whole thing is you do not need to creat a datum. I created the first diamond shaped cut to be dimensioned only to the center line (the center line that I created has an angular dimension)and also to the center line of the piece. When I said done for this first cut the system creates dtm 1 automaticly. So when I then pattern for the first eight cuts I can use the system created datum. then I group the cuts. Now I can pattern the group at 45 degrees for x8 places.
ta da