Circular array

Select the body, set the count and the axis above, the angle at the geometry, watch the preview, press Enter.

Eight copies around a circle: the distance from the axis is set by the part itself.
Eight copies around a circle: the distance from the axis is set by the part itself.

What is set

  • Count of copies around the circle.
  • Axis — what to rotate about: a coordinate axis, a datum axis, the axis of a cylinder.
  • Angle — a full circle or a sector.

Full circle and step

For an even circle set the full 360°: the program spreads the copies around by itself. A sector is needed when the features do not go all the way round — four holes on a quarter of a flange, say.

A hint

Take the axis from a datum axis or from an existing cylinder rather than by eye: then the array stays coaxial with the part through any change.

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