In this exercise, you will learn how to use the Shift tool to create a Pattern of a Part in the Beacon Welding Software.

Once you have completed this exercise, learn how to use charts and data in Exercise 13

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let's talk about shifting and patterning

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so first let's set up our original part

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here

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going to create a linear weld first

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a radio weld second

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and then another linear weld at the end

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here

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I'll hit save

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and so now what we want to do is utilize

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that same weld process but on a

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different location on the table

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you have two options you can either

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shift it which would be moving those

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points over here

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or you can pattern them such that you'll

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have your points over here as well as

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your points over here

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so I'm going to select all these points

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that I want to pattern

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I'm going to hit the shift icon

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and then all we need to do now is select

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a new origin point so I'm going to

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select the start of that first linear

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weld

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hit the blue button

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hit apply

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and then hit pattern points

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it's going to prompt me to put an air

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move in the middle of those points as

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well so let's put an air move in the

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middle here

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and now I'm all done so let's hit play

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you'll see it do that first part that we

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programmed

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and then it'll go to our air move

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and now it'll do the second part

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so I only had to program one part and

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then I can Pat it them to as many

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different locations on the system as I

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want