How to multiply extruded feature?

SOLIDWORKS How To Questions
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Hello,

Newbie here. I am making a wheel cap that will snap into a Toyota wheel hub.

As you can see in the image, I have extruded a clip and mirrored it across the “right plane”.

I actually need 4 of these clips evenly spaced around the cap. How does one go about doing this? Is there a way to multiply and evenly place the clip?

Thanks for any help, and please excuse my lack of knowledge of proper terminology.

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Get rid of the mirror feature and do a circular pattern feature with a quantity of 4 set to equally spaced.

I recommend going through the built in SolidWorks tutorials…the very first part “Introduction to SolidWorks” covers this function.
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3

Thanks so much. I tried a circular patter before but was unsuccessful, but I’m sure by viewing the tutorial I’ll get it. I appreciate it.

4

When using a feature pattern (or mirror), it’s important to look closely at what you’re patterning. For instance, if your clip is a separate body then you will get best results when patterning it if you de-select the default “Features and Faces to Pattern”, select “Bodies to Pattern” instead, and then choose the clip from the graphics area.

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