Lesson: Practice 1

Practice: Create a pattern of components.

• Create a linear component pattern.

• Use Move/Copy.
• Use Align.
• Create a rigid joint.

1. Upload the file “Building Block Assembly – PE”

and open.

2. Create a linear component pattern in the X

direction with quantity 3, Distance 50mm set to
“extent”.

3. Use Move/Copy to create a copy of Brick:3 -

25mm in the Y direction.

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 4. Create a linear component pattern of quantity 3
-50mm in the X direction.

5. Use Modify > Align. Each component has a set

of joint origins, go “From” the joint origin on
Brick:4 to the corresponding position on
Brick:3.

6. Brick:4 should now be sitting on top of Brick:3.

Use the “Capture Position” option inside of
Align and OK.

7. Using the same selections on Brick:5 and

Brick:2, apply a Rigid Joint(J on the keyboard).

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 8. Grab and try to move Brick:5 as well as Brick:4.
Note that Brick:2 and Brick:5 move as one
respecting the rigid joint, while Bring:4 is able to
move independently from Brick:3.

9. Save the file.

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