JST
Alibre Super User
I seem to be doing stairways at the moment. And things naturally change, which makes for a great deal of slogging through constraints, implementing changes.
So....
I cannot seem to find a way to do an array that consists of a series of parts which have a "horizontal" spacing, AND a "vertical" spacing.
I CAN make a rectangular array that populates a "block" of parts that is X number horizontally, AND Y number vertically, comprising X times Y parts. Not what I want.
What I want to be able to do is to populate an array that has X units only, spaced at a particular distance horizontally, and at a different distance vertically. To make, yes, a "stairway" type array.
I have not discovered how to do that, if it is possible. IS it possible? There seems to be no such option in the array window.
It seems as if it would be just an extension, or "option" within the existing array function. Not sure what it would be called, perhaps "stairstep array".
That would really help with this sort of arrangement, which is not limited to only actual "steps". It would make changes a simple change of one or two parameters.
Yes, one can choose to make a horizontal array, and then manually change only the vertical spacing for each individual pair, for instance (or the reverse) But that's still a lot of work, and assumes you know which spacing is more likely to change.
So....
I cannot seem to find a way to do an array that consists of a series of parts which have a "horizontal" spacing, AND a "vertical" spacing.
I CAN make a rectangular array that populates a "block" of parts that is X number horizontally, AND Y number vertically, comprising X times Y parts. Not what I want.
What I want to be able to do is to populate an array that has X units only, spaced at a particular distance horizontally, and at a different distance vertically. To make, yes, a "stairway" type array.
I have not discovered how to do that, if it is possible. IS it possible? There seems to be no such option in the array window.
It seems as if it would be just an extension, or "option" within the existing array function. Not sure what it would be called, perhaps "stairstep array".
That would really help with this sort of arrangement, which is not limited to only actual "steps". It would make changes a simple change of one or two parameters.
Yes, one can choose to make a horizontal array, and then manually change only the vertical spacing for each individual pair, for instance (or the reverse) But that's still a lot of work, and assumes you know which spacing is more likely to change.