Pattern Sketch

The manipulator frame is composed of two lines, with 8 chambers on each line. In this page, we show how to sketch that using Linear Sketch Pattern and Move Entities operators.

Here is the sketch of a single chamber with inner grooves finished in last step.

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We use Linear Sketch Pattern operator and pattern it as below, with instances as 8 and spacing as 5.5 mm.

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Click Accept (green check mark on the left), and finish the pattern. The result is shown below.

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Then, enable Move Entities operator, and select start point and end point at the red points shown below.

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Click Accept, and get the sketch below.

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