driving paterns

Hi there

I'm trying to drive a linear patern from a design table or an equation is
this possible ie: varying the # treads in a set of stairs from out side the
feature controll spin box .

cheers tp

 

Yes, it is possible. I have just such a model I use to have
industrial steel stairs custom fabricated for my customers. I use a
liner feature pattern and an equation that calculates the number of
treads from the total rise. I have a variable that is mapped to the
number of copies the pattern is to consist of but I can't find how I
did this. I seem to remember that I somehow got an anotation on the
model for how many copies there were. I was able to use its name just
like a dimentions name to refer to it in an equation. I too would
like a dialog box off to one corner that would let me enter the total
rise and the total run but I haven't figured that part out yet.

Kevin