Use a part to pattern along contour of another part

[knockitover]

Hello, everyone, sorry for so frequent seeking answers here.

But I really want to know something a little unique, here is the thing,

I want to make a pattern, and I add two exact the same parts into assembly, and 

what I want to do is to make the part do the pattern "along" the contour of another one.

Can NX 10 work this out ? Anyone has any ideas about this? 

Thank you so much.

[mike_fdo]

Check this out:

https://community.plm.automation.siemens.com/t5/NX-Design-Knowledge-Base/Intelligent-Design-Automati...

What kind of part (2X) do you want to pattern?

[knockitover]

@mike_fdo
Thank you.
But what I want to pattern is part(a model) instead of feature.

OKay, here's the example.  I didn't finish the whole image, but it's pretty much like this,

imagine the Ellipse is a 1-mm sheetmetal, and Arrow is another 1-mm sheetmetal, so they are exactly two different models, AND I want to make Ellipse model pattern along the contour of Arrow model. Hope there's a way for solving this out. THX!

[BenBroad · Accepted solution]

Hi @knockitover,

Have you looked at Create an along path patterned component?

Regards, Ben

[mike_fdo · Accepted solution]

Check this out!

In the Assembly part; add / delete / modify following sketch's points and also try editing any other sketches as well to check parametric behaviour!

 EDIT: ADDED NX10 MODELS "mf_arrow_elps_asm_20180604_NX10"

[knockitover]

@mike_fdo @BenBroad Thank you guys so much!