Reference Patterns question in Assembly

[yelloeng]

When creating a pattern using the reference option, is it possible to control where the part you are patterning ends up or the direction of the pattern? I assembled my washer so that it was constrained to the bottom left hole but once the pattern is made, it ends up in the top right hole. I want the 2 right most holes to be empty, but I can only blank the bottom right one, the top right one seems to be pattern making washer no matter where I originally put the washer and it cannot be blanked. I can just manually place washers instead of using a pattern but I'd like to know how to get around this problem for future, larger patterns.





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[robertib]

The reason you can't blank the first one is because of the way ProE creates a reference pattern.


The first item in the reference pattern is moved to first item in the original pattern, and that first item can not be removed - the only way to blank it is to


a) redefine the original pattern
b) place all washers individually

 

[yelloeng]

Thanks for the info!